Cen­ter for Eco­nomic and Pol­icy Research: Haiti Relief and Recon­struc­tion Watch Blog
While most of the media – from news wires, papers, and TV and radio broadcasts, …

By Jacque­line Charles and Tren­ton Daniel, Miami Her­ald
As Haiti’s elec­toral body reviews the appli­ca­tions of 34 pres­i­den­tial hope­fuls, much remains unan­swered.
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The sur­prise decision …

By Jonathan M. Katz, Asso­ci­ated Press
LEOGANE, Haiti—Street star. Scandal-plagued aid direc­tor. Ex-Fugees hip hop front­man. The moment he filed his can­di­dacy, Wyclef Jean became the most …

By Nick Cais­tor, BBC
Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean is one of the fron­trun­ners among the many who have reg­is­tered for the Hait­ian pres­i­den­tial elec­tions due to be …

By Charles Hin­ton, with edit­ing assis­tance from Kiilu Nyasha
To cut to the chase, no elec­tion in Haiti, and no can­di­date in those elec­tions, will be …

By Stephen Kur­czy, Chris­t­ian Sci­ence Mon­i­tor
Wyclef Jean on Tues­day announced his bid to run for pres­i­dent of Haiti in the country’s Nov. 28 election. …

Flash­points on KPFA Paci­fica Radio
A spe­cial report from Kevin Pina on the deci­sion by Wyclef Jean to run for pres­i­dent of Haiti.
Lis­ten to the report that begins …

Orga­ni­za­tion of Amer­i­can States
Mem­ber States and Per­ma­nent Observer coun­tries of the Orga­ni­za­tion of Amer­i­can States ( OAS) made indi­vid­ual com­mit­ments this week dur­ing a meet­ing of …

By Wad­ner Pierre, IPS
PORT-AU-PRINCE — After weeks of delays, Hait­ian Pres­i­dent René Pré­val con­firmed this month that pres­i­den­tial and leg­isla­tive elec­tions will take place on …

The Econ­o­mist
The pres­i­den­tial elec­tion is a chance to rebuild ties between Haiti’s strug­gling gov­ern­ment and its dis­cour­aged donors
ONE of the many dif­fer­ences between Haiti and …