Haitian Politics

Haitian journalist says: One of the main reason that some people are protesting in the streets is because they need more money to send to the United States because they have to pay rent for their wives; they have to pay school for their children.

Former Senator and mayor of Le Cayes Jean Gabriel Fortune says the biggest problem Haiti is facing right now is impunity and corruption. "We are in a state where anyone can do whatever he wants in this country and there are no sanctions, no punishment."

Vincent Casseus, a former candidate for depute and candidate for Senator under the banner of the LAPEH party in Grand'Anse Haiti, extradited to the United States, pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking, according to the South Florida District Attorney's Office.

Did you know? US President Donald Trump started calling Haiti a shithole right after meeting the Haitian community in Little Haiti back in 2016, according to a new book just released.

Kino told said he warned ex President Michel Martelly to suspend the jokes about investing stolen PetroCaribe money in the hotels because he believed it would endanger these investments. Kino also tries to explain the Martelly and Sweet Micky are not the same person and should be taken one for the other.

Watch this video of Haitian actor and comedian Daniel Fils-Aime alias Tonton Bicha talking about the political topic of "Decharge" in a funny kind of way but still, yo can learn from it.

A Miami Herald article blames the Haitian government for what happened last weekend. Haitian officials knew any decision to raise gas prices at the pump in Haiti would be on popular but they did it anyway, the article says.

You want to know how deeply rooted Haiti's political problem is and its relationship with the dominant class? Read this... "Politique de Doublure," I just found out, refers to Haitian politics from the mid 19th century where the mulattoes used black presidents as figureheads.

How do you tell someone that the person he is dining and wining with wants to do him harm because he is jealous of his acomplishments

Have you heard? The MINUJUSTH, MINUSTAH's little brother, will consit of 980 fully armed police officers from Mexico, spread across seven bases throughout the Republic of Haiti.