(April 19, 2005) Modest hope . . . has been replaced by increased hunger, chaos and despair, and everyone except the elite up the hill in Petionville, guarded from harm by ex-military, lives in fear.
Haiti needs freedom from debt, now!
(April 14, 2005) Haiti’s new debt was accrued largely under the father-and-son Duvalier regime; steeped in the blessings of the Cold War, they faced no questions when it came to raking in manifestly odious loans, writes Jubilee South.
The dictatorship of debt: The World Bank and Haiti
(January 14, 2005) The World Bank has announced it would release $73 million in cash to the government of Haiti. For Haiti to get that cash it had to pay $52 million in outstanding arrears.
Powell urges world to aid Haiti’s government
(July 20, 2004) While U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell urged the international community to rally behind Haiti’s new government, Haiti’s Prime Minister Gerard Latortue said no one would dare& use funds for objectives other than aid.
Must the show go on?
(March 4, 2004)With Aristide seemingly ousted, American and French troops have once again landed in Haiti to run the island’s affairs, writes Gamal Nkrumah.
Impoverished Haiti pins hopes for future on a very old debt
(January 2, 2004) The initial agreement between France and the young republic called on Haiti to pay the whole 150 million francs in five annual payments of 30 million gold francs. That proved impossible for Haiti.
Haiti in life and debt struggle
(June 17, 2000) President René Préval signed a petition calling on international creditors to annul Haiti’s swelling $1.2bn (£800m) debt. Forty percent of Haiti’s debt was incurred under Duvalier family misrule, when loans were regularly skimmed by regime cronies.
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