Showing articles 1 - 20 of 50 (sorted by date).
| 1 |  | 2006-09-27: You're Invited: A New Mandate for Haiti by U.S. Institute of Peace |  |
| René Préval's government has come to power through free elections, bringing hope to Haitians and the international community for a new mandate. This sixth session of the Haiti Working Group was spirited and well attended. | Rating: 3 |
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| 2 |  | 2006-08-24: Members of Parliament Skeptical of Gangs by news sources |  |
| Ronald Lareche, deputy from Nord-Est and head of security committee, says gangleaders might turn in homemade weapons but keep their high-powered rifles. | Rating: 3 |
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| 3 |  | 2006-08-14: Toutes affaires cessantes by Claude Moise, Le Matin | |
| Le sentiment est fort et persistant que rien n’avance, tant est fragile le lien social qui tient encore lieu d’appartenance au pays. | Rating: 3 |
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| 4 |  | 2006-08-10: Gangs Pledge to Disarm, But Set Conditions by Caribbean Media Corporation | |
| Preval negotiating with gang leaders to disarm, because says a U.N. attack would be too bloody. A gangleader pledges to disarm if the others do as well. | Rating: 3 |
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| 5 |  | 2006-08-10: Disarm or Die by President Rene Garcia Preval, on Radio Kiskeya | |
| One objective with two paths. Objective is to take the guns off the streets. The two paths are, either you surrender your weapons through dialogue and the DDR program, or you die. I am repeating this for the last time. | Rating: 4 |
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| 6 |  | 2006-08-10: Right On, Mr. President by Charles Henri Baker, on Radio Metropole | |
| The presidential candidate and former Group of 184 leader commends Preval for his "disarm-or-die" warning to gangleaders. They must be given deadline, says Baker. Questions ever inviting them to palace for negotiations. | Rating: 3 |
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| 7 |  | 2006-07-03: New Social Contract by Group of 184 | |
| A roadmap to modernize relations between a previously disenfranchised people and a predatory state. Full text from November 2005. Pdf file | Rating: 5 |
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| 8 | | 2005-12-19: Our Debt to the Haitian Student Movement by Ericq Pierre | |
| As elsewhere, in Haiti the students see more sharply than their elders. They led the ouster of Aristide. They change history. They get nothing in return. Originally appeared in Le Matin. Exclusive translation for haitipolicy.org. | Rating: 5 |
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| 9 |  | 2005-07-17: Don't Stop with One Leader, Keep Moving Against Gangs by Radio Vision 2000 | |
| Leopold Berlanger, CEO of radio station, says the U.N.'s killing of gang leader Wilme was important but an overall strategy must be pursued to bring security to the poor sections and protect elections. | Rating: 3 |
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| 10 |  | 2005-06-25: Waiting for the Marines by Ericq Pierre, in Le Matin | |
| Let's not impart some talismanic quality to the U.S. Marines. Haitians will still have to get together on this. Do it while you're waiting for them, just in case they never come. English translation exclusive to haitipolicy.org. | Rating: 5 |
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| 11 |  | 2005-06-20: Mobilization Against Violence by Haitian civic organizations | |
| Three-day mobilization across Haiti June 23-25. A strong and powerful NO to violence. "La barbarie ne passera pas." | Rating: 5 |
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| 12 | | 2005-06-19: Questioning Montreal Conference's Call for 'Opening' to Aristiders by Claude Moïse, Le Matin | |
| The door is already open: Those Lavalas politicians who want to participate are fully accepted. They are on the dialogue commission, speak at conferences, embassy gatherings, etc.; but they never denounce Aristide's violence. | Rating: 5 |
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| 13 | | 2005-06-19: Insecurity Can Be Solved by Citizen Mobilization by Claude Moïse, Le Matin | |
| Insecurity won't be solved by elections or marines, but by mobilization of citizens against the problem. It won't be easy. We must use the forces we have. The political forces must combine and win the population's confidence with plans and personnel. | Rating: 5 |
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| 14 |  | 2005-01-12: Let Us Focus on Haiti Despite Tsunami by Agence France-Presse | |
| "Nous ne pouvons laisser de côté Haïti qui en réalité subit un tsunami socio-économique depuis 200 ans; ce sont 30 000 enfants qui meurent par an" a déclaré M Amorim, chef de la diplomatie brésilienne. | Rating: 3 |
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| 15 |  | 2004-10-13: Condemning the Violence by Chamber of Commerce | |
| New level of barbarism not yet seen in our country precludes job-creating economic investment which we must have for social cohesion. Those responsible are the same who have pillaged the state for the past thirteen years. | Rating: 5 |
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| 16 |  | 2004-10-11: Death of Gerard Pierre-Charles by Radio Metropole | |
| A man of vision, of sense of organization, and courageous pursuit of democracy. Died in a hospital in Cuba on October 10. | Rating: 5 |
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| 17 |  | 2004-10-11: Death of Gerard Pierre-Charles by Radio Kiskeya | |
| A leader of the Haitian Communist Party in previous decades, he was noted in recent years as a moderate on the left, struggling for democracy with respect for different points of view. | Rating: 5 |
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| 18 |  | 2004-10-11: Adieu Gérard Pierre Charles by Johnny Bélizaire | |
| Il exhorta les Partis politiques et autres secteurs de l’opposition à continuer le combat démocratique devant avoir raison de la violence, paver la route à la réconciliation et à l’avènement de la paix et du renouveau en Haïti. | Rating: 5 |
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| 19 |  | 2004-10-08: L'insécurité au Centre des Préoccupations du Secteur Privé Haïtien by Nancy Roc, in Alterpresse | |
| « Nous savons que les meilleures intentions existent pour nous sortir de cette situation mais nous demandons que les moyens nous soient donnés pour que la lutte contre la criminalité ne soit pas inégale »(Bernard Gousse, Ministre de la Justice). | Rating: 3 |
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| 20 |  | 2004-10-07: Foreigners Targeted by the Chimères by Associated Press | |
| Young men with machetes, guns and rocks set alight tires in the street and threatened to behead foreigners after U.N. troops and police arrested dozens in a sweep through a volatile slum. | Rating: 3 |
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