To date, the new Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, has chosen only a few appointees. One of these appointees, Michele Montas, is Haitian. She was the wife of the radio journalist Jean Dominique, who was featured in the documentary 'The Agronomist'. Read more »

According to recent reports, in the early morning on Friday, December 22nd, 400 Brazilian-led UN troops in armored vehicles carried out an intervention in Cite Soleil.

Some reports I have seen have characterized this as an assault "against the people of Cite Soleil" vice a "raid against kidnappers". Grassroots organizations are very upset. Below is an explanation of the intervention by one such organization: Read more »

The United Nation’s Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) is promoting the adoption of several Brazilian social programs, including its national biodiesel program, in Haiti. According to José Graziano, FAO Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, Haiti is home to several plants similar to those used successfully in biodiesel production in Brazil. Read more »

There is perhaps no measure of a country’s health situation as telling as the health of its children. Children are often the most vulnerable members of society, especially when they are living in areas affected by conflict and/or have been displaced. Read more »

Yesterday morning, MINUSTAH reported that Brazilian Army Lieutenant General Urano Teixeira Da Matta Bacellar was found dead in an appearant suicide at his hotel outside of Port-au-Prince. Read more »

Prime Minister Gerard Latortue. Interim Government of Haiti (IGH). What a sight. Rarely ever seen, these two phrases, just as you see them above. They are always cluttered with the phrase, "U.S. backed", and wrongly I'll add. "I've got your back." Read more »

Washington, D.C., August 18, 2005 (PAHO)—A stronger effort will be needed for Guyana and Haiti to reach the public health objectives of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, a set of principles for international health cooperation, according to two officials of the Pan American Health Organization (PAH Read more »

Cap-Haïtien, 17 November 2004—The Government of Haiti and the United Nations today launched a joint report that should serve as a wake-up call to the country and to nations across the world interested in Haiti’s future. Read more »