Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier dies. The world cries. Oh wait, no it doesn't.
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I see the garment industry is up to the same tricks it's been using since before the Triangle Fire, this time stealing wages from Haitian workers. And who could have.
I've long been fascinated with how the American government exerts power on the ground. We focus on the big events for obvious reasons, but I think you can make a.
My latest WPR column is about ongoing political unrest in Haiti: Ideally, the U.S.-led intervention was meant to go down as a Western-hemisphere version of the 2005 tsunami relief operation, in which the U.S. Navy saved thousands of lives and contributed to stability in the...
Via Alterdestiny I can't see how this could possibly be good. Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, Haiti's former dictator, returned unexpectedly Sunday to the country after some 25 years in exile..
The imperial project to conquer, occupy, and annex Haiti seems to have hit a snag: “Haiti, for all intents and purposes, became the 51st state at 4:53 p.m. Tuesday in.
John Styles, via Chris Blattman: About a week after the earthquake, economist Tyler Cowen wrote that Obama looked like the "Haiti president": Obama will (and should) do something about this situation ... Yet he will have a festering situation on his hands for the rest...
...and anyway, Clinton's probably already infected. :14 second mark. Via Huffpo.
Peter Lipson has an interesting post about the unsurprising failures that naturopathic peddlers have faced in the wake of the Haitian catastrophe. Apparently, people wallowing in the aftermath of a.
What if Ayn Rand had been 6'10" with a pretty good jumpshot?Dear Haitians -First of all, kudos on developing the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Your commitment to human rights, infrastructure, and birth control should be applauded.As we prepare to assist you in this...
Cuba has become yoked to the Yankee imperial project is working with the United States in Haiti:The US government’s Voice of America acknowledged Friday the efforts of more than 400.
Apparently, if Hugo Chavez says something stupid, Evo Morales has to follow suit:President Evo Morales said Wednesday that Bolivia would seek U.N. condemnation of what he called the U.S. military.