Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Govt Incompentece

ANTI-MARTELLY DEMONSTRATION IN DOWNTOWN PORT AU PRINCE

August 5,2011 Demonstration in downtown Port-au-Prince by students seemingly against Michel Martelly. Shots fired, people injured. We don’t have any further information, at this time…

Posted in Crime/Corruption

Telecoms Executives Convicted Over Payments To Haiti Teleco

By Samuel Rubenfeld Two former executives of Terra Telecommunications Corp. were convicted by a federal jury for their roles in a scheme to bribe officials…

Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA

Peacekeeping and Impunity in Haiti CURRENT INTELLIGENCE August 5, 2011

By Hannah Armstrong Is there a culture of impunity in Haiti’s long-running MINUSTAH operation? Hannah Armstrong explores the vulnerability of populations under peacekeeping mandate. —…

Posted in Aristide/Preval Crime/Corruption FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Coup d’Etat Parlementaire (LND)

L’Opération Bagdad 3 vient d’être lancée au Palais Législatif. Comme annoncé, les 16 Bulldogs ont dévoré Bernard Gousse. Ils n’ont pas agi de leur propre…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

A bitter baptism for “Sweet Micky” Political deadlock may trigger unrest on the streets and fatigue among donors, hindering the slow recovery from last year’s earthquake-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Aug 5th 2011 | MIAMI | THE ECONOMIST(Commentary By Haitian-Truth embedded in post in bold underlined) ALMOST three months after Michel Martelly took office as…