Haiti’s Hour of Deliverance or Despair Haiti’s Hour of Deliverance or Despair
Gangs assert their patriotism while the latest international rescue plan teeters between failure and a possible way forward.
Mar 14, 2024 / Amy Wilentz
Why Is the US Paying Kenya to Clean Up the Mess We Made in Haiti? Why Is the US Paying Kenya to Clean Up the Mess We Made in Haiti?
The Biden administration likes to talk about democracy, but when it comes to the disaster unfolding a few hundred miles from Miami, democracy is apparently far too dangerous.
Feb 6, 2024 / Amy Wilentz
In Gaza They Don’t Even Bother to Call It Peace In Gaza They Don’t Even Bother to Call It Peace
For Netanyahu, as for Hamas, the life of a child born into the opposing “nation” has no value.
Oct 16, 2023 / Amy Wilentz
The Biden Administration Cuts and Runs From Haiti The Biden Administration Cuts and Runs From Haiti
After more than a century bleeding the country, installing and abetting corrupt dictators, and suppressing democracy, the US government now advises Americans to flee.
Sep 1, 2023 / Amy Wilentz
Haiti, April 2023: Soon There Will Be No One Left to Kidnap Haiti, April 2023: Soon There Will Be No One Left to Kidnap
The deadly consequences of the Biden administration’s policy of no policy.
Apr 17, 2023 / Amy Wilentz
Will the Haitian Crisis Lead to Yet Another Military Intervention? Will the Haitian Crisis Lead to Yet Another Military Intervention?
With gangs holding the country hostage, and violence spinning out of control, the US and the UN play pass the parcel.
Oct 27, 2022 / Amy Wilentz
Haiti Is On Fire Again, and Again the US Does Nothing to Help Haiti Is On Fire Again, and Again the US Does Nothing to Help
Untroubled by the ballot, hugely unpopular, useless, negligent, and ruling without anything that could qualify as a functioning legislature, the country’s de facto prime minister, ...
Sep 14, 2022 / Amy Wilentz
The OAS Admits Culpability in the Destruction of Haiti The OAS Admits Culpability in the Destruction of Haiti
The tragedy is that given the condition in which international rule has left the country, Haiti simply cannot solve its problems alone.
Aug 10, 2022 / Amy Wilentz
Paul Farmer, 1959–2022 Paul Farmer, 1959–2022
Farewell to a friend.
Feb 22, 2022 / Back Page / Amy Wilentz
Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both? Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both?
Both the assassination of Jovenel Moïse and the recent kidnapping of the Christian missionaries should be seen as a kind of blowback—blowback that has exposed our deplorable and fa...
Oct 21, 2021 / Column / Amy Wilentz