Amy Wilentz

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Amy Wilentz, a Nation contributing editor, is the author of The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier; Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter From Haiti; and the novel Martyrs’ Crossing; among other books. She teaches Literary Journalism at the University of California, Irvine. In 2020 she was awarded a fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

World LeadersApril 17, 2023

Haiti, April 2023: Soon There Will Be No One Left to Kidnap

The deadly consequences of the Biden administration’s policy of no policy.

Amy Wilentz
Foreign PolicyOctober 27, 2022

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.

Amy Wilentz
Civil UnrestSeptember 14, 2022

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, Ariel Henry, clings to power with Washington’s staunch support.

Amy Wilentz
WorldAugust 10, 2022

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.

Amy Wilentz
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Health and DiseaseFebruary 22, 2022

Paul Farmer, 1959–2022

Farewell to a friend.

Amy Wilentz
WorldOctober 21, 2021

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 failed policy in Haiti.

Amy Wilentz
Foreign PolicySeptember 24, 2021

Daniel Foote’s Resignation Resounds Like Thunder

The departing special envoy to Haiti undiplomatically tells the truth about US policy.

Amy Wilentz
Accidents and DisastersAugust 16, 2021

Assassination, Earthquake, and Storms: Haiti’s Plague Season

For Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, the weekend’s earthquake is virtually a gift from God.

Amy Wilentz
Civil UnrestJuly 23, 2021

The Best Haitians Can Expect From Prime Minister Ariel Henry

…is that his administration will be a brief stage in a series of transitions to genuine democracy.

Amy Wilentz
Foreign PolicyJuly 12, 2021

What Next for Haiti?

The announced arrests didn’t solve the murder of Jovenel Moïse. Nor do they address the deeper problems of a country where the presidency has become a business, not a duty.

Amy Wilentz

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Amy Wilentz

World LeadersApril 17, 2023

The deadly consequences of the Biden administration’s policy of no policy.

Foreign PolicyOctober 27, 2022

With gangs holding the country hostage, and violence spinning out of control, the US and the UN play pass the parcel.

Civil UnrestSeptember 14, 2022

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, Ariel Henry, clings to power with Washington’s staunch support.

WorldAugust 10, 2022

The tragedy is that given the condition in which international rule has left the country, Haiti simply cannot solve its problems alone.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Health and DiseaseFebruary 22, 2022

Farewell to a friend.

WorldOctober 21, 2021

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 failed policy in Haiti.

Foreign PolicySeptember 24, 2021

The departing special envoy to Haiti undiplomatically tells the truth about US policy.

Accidents and DisastersAugust 16, 2021

For Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, the weekend’s earthquake is virtually a gift from God.

Civil UnrestJuly 23, 2021

…is that his administration will be a brief stage in a series of transitions to genuine democracy.

Foreign PolicyJuly 12, 2021

The announced arrests didn’t solve the murder of Jovenel Moïse. Nor do they address the deeper problems of a country where the presidency has become a business, not a duty.