By Alexander Britell PORT-AU-PRINCE — The Caribbean Community officially began its summit of regional leadership here Monday, a moment CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque called…

Former Major of the Armed Forces of Haiti, David Basile, the new Minister of the Interior and Territorial Communities (MICT), accompanied by members of his…

Michaëlle Jean, UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti, is on mission to Haiti from February 14 to 19. Through its meetings, Michaëlle Jean will inform about…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government showed the first photos of ailing President Hugo Chavez in more than two months on Friday, presenting images of…

February 13, 2013 There is a rumor that Senator Jean William Jeanty and at least one other member of the Haitian Parliament have been flown…

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is undergoing “complex” alternative treatments more than two months after having cancer surgery in Cuba, his vice president…

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor SOMETIME IN THE 19TH CENTURY, in 1849 to be precise, long after Haiti’s independence from imperial France; there was an…

BY MARK L. SCHNEIDER mschneider@crisisgroup.org Three years after an earthquake devastated Haiti, its elites seem poised to produce their own man-made disaster of instability and…

HL/ HaitiLibre In Haiti, 80% of prisoners are not judged, sometimes waiting up to 6 to 10 years to know their fate, Reduce the number…

Haitian musical groups believe they have been banned from performing during Carnival because authorities consider their songs too critical of the government. (Photo: Dieu Nalio…

Me Carlos Hercules, the President of the Bars Federation of Haiti (FBH), said he was scandalized by the correspondence sent to the Head of State…

FILE – In this Oct. 24, 2007 file photo, a woman looks at oversized versions of the new Venezuelan currency, coined the ‘Strong Bolivar’ in…

Senator Desras, Ambassador White, Cheryl Mills and Deputy Alexis PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The United States announced on Wednesday that it is prepared to contribute…

Vanneur Pierre, Minister of National Education began on Monday 4 February 2013, a mission in Washington DC, with partners from the Haitian education system, around…

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), a long-time advocate for development assistance and democracy for Haiti, called for free, fair, and inclusive elections in Haiti and urged…

La représentante de Barack Obama en Haïti s’est rendue, ce mercredi, au Parlement haïtien. Au cours de cette visite, l’ambassadrice Pamela White s’est entretenue avec…

Washington, Feb. 5 (CNA) Taiwan’s Foreign Minister David Lin has flown to Haiti after concluding a three-day visit to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Taiwanese diplomats…

The weakness of institutional governance remains a key challenge in Haiti. State revenues barely cover the operational needs of ministries and only allow for limited…

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appointed a seasoned humanitarian worker to serve as his Acting Special Representative in Haiti to oversee the world body’s…