Amy Wilentz

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.

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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WorldJuly 6, 2021

Haiti Has Been Abandoned—by the Media, the US, and the World

Human rights activist Antoinette Duclaire’s murder is the latest for a country in chaos—where an obsession with elections obscures a complete absence of democracy or accountability.

Amy Wilentz
World LeadersMarch 22, 2021

Gangs Rule the Streets of Jovenel Moïse’s Haiti

A whole country has been kidnapped by a bloodthirsty, money-hungry cabal. And how does the US State Department respond? By calling for “dialogue.”

Amy Wilentz
WorldMarch 1, 2021

After a Decade of Misrule, the People of Haiti Have Had Enough

But apprentice dictator Jovenel Moïse won’t go as long as the Biden administration backs his violent, corrupt regime.

Amy Wilentz
Civil UnrestFebruary 9, 2021

Haiti: Too Many Presidents, Too Little of Everything Else

President Jovenel Moïse’s claims that his opponents were plotting a coup was a joke—but his counter-coup is deadly serious.

Amy Wilentz
Foreign PolicyJanuary 9, 2020

Haiti Is in the Eye of the Storm

Despite the current respite from months of protests and government violence, the country’s rampant corruption threatens to unleash chaos once more.

Amy Wilentz
Disaster CapitalismOctober 24, 2019

Haiti Is in the Streets

Exploited by corporate predators, squeezed by the IMF, patronized by international elites, and bled dry by a corrupt government, Haitians refuse to stop rising up.

Amy Wilentz

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Amy Wilentz

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.

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

WorldJuly 6, 2021

Human rights activist Antoinette Duclaire’s murder is the latest for a country in chaos—where an obsession with elections obscures a complete absence of democracy or accountability.

World LeadersMarch 22, 2021

A whole country has been kidnapped by a bloodthirsty, money-hungry cabal. And how does the US State Department respond? By calling for “dialogue.”

WorldMarch 1, 2021

But apprentice dictator Jovenel Moïse won’t go as long as the Biden administration backs his violent, corrupt regime.

Civil UnrestFebruary 9, 2021

President Jovenel Moïse’s claims that his opponents were plotting a coup was a joke—but his counter-coup is deadly serious.

Foreign PolicyJanuary 9, 2020

Despite the current respite from months of protests and government violence, the country’s rampant corruption threatens to unleash chaos once more.

Disaster CapitalismOctober 24, 2019

Exploited by corporate predators, squeezed by the IMF, patronized by international elites, and bled dry by a corrupt government, Haitians refuse to stop rising up.