Poverty in Haiti

Under Imperialism, Multiple Crises Deepen in Haiti

July 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Haiti

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, July 19, 2021 Haitian authorities have arrested Colombian mercenaries and Haitian-Americans and charged them with participating in the July 7 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. But murky questions still remain: Who organized the attempted coup? Who paid the mercenaries? Who will benefit? Moïse was the only person killed in the attack, although[…]

U.S. Props Up Unpopular Haitian Regime on Verge of Collapse

April 2, 2021 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Haiti, Protest

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, March 25, 2021 March 21 — In the past week, one group of Haitian cops attacked at least two precincts, released prisoners who they said were being held illegally, set fires, sacked a car dealership and demanded the government retrieve the bodies of cops who died in a March 12 ambush. In the[…]