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Eight months after the cat­a­strophic earth­quake, Haiti has fended off a second-wave dis­as­ter of epi­demics and unrest, but the impoverished …

By Ira J. Kurzban, The Miami Her­ald
Imag­ine if the Fed­eral Elec­tion Com­mis­sion in the United States dis­qual­i­fied the Demo­c­ra­tic and Repub­li­can par­ties from …

By G. Dunkel, Work­ers World
Hun­dreds of thou­sands of Haitians have been liv­ing in mis­ery for more than seven months — with­out houses, jobs, san­i­ta­tion, potable water …

News­day Edi­to­r­ial
To recover from the cat­a­strophic earth­quake in Jan­u­ary, Haiti needs more than the help of the world. It needs strong lead­er­ship of its own. But it’s …

By Alice Speri, Chris­t­ian Sci­ence Mon­i­tor
Wyclef Jean’s lawyers announced the hip-hop star is appeal­ing the rul­ing that barred him from run­ning for pres­i­dent. The Haiti …

By Kevin Edmonds, NACLA
While the pres­i­den­tial can­di­dacy of rapper/entertainer Wyclef Jean in Haiti’s upcom­ing pres­i­den­tial and leg­isla­tive elec­tions has gar­nered much inter­na­tional atten­tion, under­neath the …

By Deb­o­rah Son­tag, New York Times
Haiti’s elec­toral coun­cil announced late Fri­day evening that Wyclef Jean, the Haitian-born hip-hop star, had been dis­qual­i­fied as a can­di­date for president …

By Ryan Tracy, Newsweek
Hip-hop singer’s cam­paign to lead Haiti dogged by ques­tions, hur­dles.
When Wyclef Jean announced that he would run for pres­i­dent of Haiti, his …

By Miami Her­ald Staff and Wire Reports
It was unknown which of the 30-plus can­di­dates will be allowed to run for Haiti’s pres­i­dency. A deci­sion may …

By Ryan Tracy, Newsweek
The musi­cian claims he is exempt from Haiti’s Con­sti­tu­tion, but experts say the argu­ment won’t fly.
Even before Wyclef Jean said he would run …