U.S., Canada Sanction Ruling-Level Suspected Criminals
They pull the visas and freeze the assets of two top senators long suspected of assassinations and drug-running. The Haiti Democracy Project has had its run-ins with both
Haiti Democracy Project Delegate Shot, Recovering
Roberson Alphonse, prizewinning journalist in Haiti and member of our Thirty-Seventh Business Delegation to Washington in 2015, was shot in a terror attack in Port-au-Prince yesterday in both arms and is recovering at a hospital there. His car was riddled with bullets. He was saved by a Good Samaritan bystander
Reflections One Year After
One year after the tragedy of a presidential assassination, it is clearer than ever that respect for elections is key to Haiti’s future
Gangs Reflect Intra-Elite Struggle
By Haiti Democracy Project for the Inter-American Dialogue’s Latin America Advisor, May 22, 2022. Gangs are the shadow-play of Haiti’s latest power struggle at the top. They won’t be wished away by a chaste “Haitian-led solution.” Only a full peacekeeping mission can get rid of them
Opposition May Be Complicit in Assassination
By Haiti Democracy Project for the Inter-American Dialogue: The opposition falsely accused Jovenel Moïse of ruling beyond his constitutional term, thus of ruling illegally. This “big lie” put him in danger in a country as unstable as Haiti. Look for that to be the pretext for whoever did it
Jovenel Assassinated
Killed at his residence, according to acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph. A horrific act that shreds what remains of the rule of law in Haiti