Haiti
Gangs Advance on the Seat of Haitian Government Power: ‘Haitians Are Hostages’
Gangs are increasing their chokehold on Haiti’s capital, using bulldozers to raze entire neighborhoods, overwhelming poorly armed police and taking their violence to within blocks of the seat of government. While Haitians have endured relentless bloodshed and tragedy for years, the escalation of lawlessness in recent weeks and the government’s inability to exert control has […]
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Aristide Demanded French Pay Reparations to Haiti. He Ended Up in Exile.
A Painful Reckoning Haiti’s payments to its former slave masters added up for generations, costing its economy billions of dollars over time, The Times analysis found, and a little-known public bank called the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations collected the vast majority of the money. But after Haiti’s disastrous earthquake in 2010, Didier Le Bret, […]
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Invade Haiti, Wall Street Urged. The U.S. Obliged.
‘The Triumph of the Wolf’ An angry mob dragged Haiti’s president from the French Consulate and killed him in July 1915, part of the political upheaval Wall Street feared — and, some historians say, worsened by withholding money from the shaky Haitian government and seizing the gold. American troops occupied the country the same day. […]
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How Much Haiti’s Freedom Cost: Takeaways From a Times Series
The U.S. Treated Haiti Like a Cash Register When the American military invaded Haiti in the summer of 1915, the official explanation was that Haiti was too poor and too unstable to be left to its own devices. Secretary of State Robert Lansing made little effort to mask his contempt for the “African race,” casting […]
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The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers
In 1789, before the slave rebellion, the marquis bought 21 recently kidnapped Africans before leaving for France. But he didn’t indicate where they were put to work, so the commission valued them at an average rate, down to the cent: 3,366.66 francs. In the end, it awarded Cocherel’s daughter, a newly married marquise, average annual […]
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How a French Bank Captured Haiti
Yet Another Loan The second half of the 19th century should have offered Haiti an enormous opportunity. Global demand for coffee was high, and Haiti’s economy was built around it. Across the Caribbean Sea, Costa Ricans were putting their coffee wealth to work building schools, sewage systems and the first municipal electrified lighting system in […]
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Haitian Gang Leader Is Charged With Abducting American Missionaries
WASHINGTON — A leader of a notorious street gang responsible for abducting 17 people tied to an American-based missionary group in Haiti last year was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday on charges of conspiracy to commit hostage taking, prosecutors said. Joly Germine, also known as Yonyon, was a top member of the […]
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Paul Farmer, Pioneer of Global Health, Dies at 62
“When you talk about iconic giants in the field of public health, he stands pretty much among a very, very short list of people,” said Dr. Fauci, who first met Dr. Farmer decades ago, when Dr. Farmer was a medical student. He added, “He called me his mentor, but in reality he was more of […]
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Haitian Prime Minister Had Close Links With Murder Suspect
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — After Haiti’s president was assassinated and the country slid into turmoil, Ariel Henry became head of the government, responsible for bringing the killers to justice and helping the country heal. But new evidence suggests that Mr. Henry maintained communications with a prime suspect in the case — and that the two stayed […]
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