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Governing party candidate excluded in Haiti runoff elections

February 7, 2011 By Emile Schepers

Under intense international pressure, Haiti's election board has announced that it is excluding Jude Celestin, candidate of President Rene Preval's INTE Party, from runoff presidential elections scheduled for March 20.

World Notes: Algeria, Greece, Canada and more

February 1, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Protests in Algeria, migrant workers' hunger strike in Greece, steelworkers in Canada, and news from South Korea, Haiti, Cuba.

Dictator “Baby Doc” Duvalier’s strange return to Haiti

January 20, 2011 By Emile Schepers

The return of former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier to Haiti has further unsettled an already chaotic situation.

Imperialist bullying sharpens in Haiti

January 4, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Foreign intervention in Haiti is as problematic as ever, including food aid that is undoing Haiti's economy and independence.

Haiti cholera may have originated with UN peacekeepers

December 21, 2010 By Emile Schepers

New investigations reveal that the cholera epidemic in ravaged Haiti may have started out in a camp for Nepalese UN peacekeepers.