Haiti on the 'Death Plan'
Reed Lindsay : Globalization
Protesters decry high food prices--and the savage cost of "free trade" agreements.
2007
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A Free Man
Madison Smartt Bell's new biography of Toussaint Louverture explores the complexities of the man who created modern Haiti.
2006
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The Fight for Haiti
Now that René Préval has been elected Haiti's new president, the question is whether he can move the country forward.
2005
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Undermining Haiti
Mark Weisbrot : US Foreign Policy
Democracy is being destroyed in Haiti, openly and with the support of the United States and United Nations. If the farce election set for December 27 by unelected government takes place, it will be a huge step backward.
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Aristide in Exile
Exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide attributes his falling-out with Washington to a disagreement over privatization.
2004
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Haiti's Occupation
Amy Wilentz : US Foreign Policy
The Haitian people have once again been excluded from their own governance.
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Self-Determining Haiti
To know the reasons for the present political situation in Haiti, it is necessary to know that the National City Bank of New York is very much interested in Haiti. FROM 1920.
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Coup in Haiti
Amy Wilentz : US Foreign Policy
What happened in Haiti was a coup, and it's almost funny to hear Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell and Scott McClellan call that claim "absurd" and "nonsense."
2003
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The Trials of Haiti
Why has the US government abandoned a country it once sought to liberate?
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The Legacy of Guantanamo
The hard lessons of Guantánamo have yet to be learned, while many of the old mistakes are being repeated.
This week: Political shifts in the U.K.; Roberto Lovato and Jeanvieve Williams talk about "Juan Crow," a matrix of anti-immigration laws; and Ross Tuttle and Scott Horton look at the chaos in Guantanamo, as the first detainees head to trial. (13mb mp3)
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