Why Haiti’s cities keep falling to gangs: New UN report provides disturbing insight
The upper-middle-class community of Kenscoff is about an hour’s drive up a hill from Pétion-Ville, one of the last enclaves still relatively free from gang control in Haiti’s volatile capital. But when 100 armed men targeted Pétion-Ville and started killing Kenscoff’s
Industrial Policies for Haiti’s Sustainable Development Strategy
Written By Johnny Celestin.
As Haiti tries to turn the page with a new council, a new prime minister, and a new government, the perennial question resurfaces: How can this nation, rich in history, grapple with persistent poverty and unemployment? Can it turn the tide and build a prosperous future? The answers can be drawn from a global comparative analysis.
For the inclusion of the Diaspora in Haiti's political process
A well-known proverb with disputed origin reads as follows: "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." In Haiti, there is a stranglehold on the country's most valuable resources by those in power and the upper class, and to a lesser extent, foreign interests. Remittances representing 30% of the GDP are constantly under assault in the name of taxation.
Analyzing TPC’s failure to restore order in Haiti and the best way forward.
In May 2024, Caricom, under pressure from powerful international actors, decided it would be in the best interest of every neighboring country to intervene and establish an interim government composed of significant political figures. The mission was straightforward: implement a security apparatus and collaborate with a provisional electoral council to organize the election before February 7, 2026
Operation Bwa Kale
Is a violent popular justice movement the answer to Haiti's prayers? What a terrible question to ask to start an op-ed. Ironically, we are using prayer and violence in the same breath. We have come to a point where we commingle the sixth commandment rule found in the holy scriptures with violent self-defense for peace and longevity. We have come to a point where we commingle the sixth commandment rule found in the holy scriptures
Haiti's fight to eradicate corruption
Haiti's Corruption Fight: Ethics Curriculum and Technological Convergence Adoption, a Case Analysis. “Corruption robs the poor” Joy Famador Written by HAMREC, Jul 27, 2023 The Miami Herald wrote on Aug 3, 2023, “Local residents reported that traders who want to cross the town of Liancourt with their goods must pay between 500 to 1,000 U.S. dollars to the police so that an
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Our output includes research publications, op-eds, a reduced-cost services search engine, and distance programs like telemedicine and online certification.
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