Day: August 5, 2011
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…
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…
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. —…
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…
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…