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News Reports

In Brooklyn, Haitians Protest as Ex-Paramilitary Leader Faces Trial
-New York Times, May 6, 2008

In Haiti, Victims of Ex-paramilitary Look to U.S. for Justice
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AP, May 24, 2007

Haiti Strongman to Be Tried in NYC Case Court Says Paramilitary Commander Must Be Tried in U.S. Before Returning to Haiti
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Michael Brick The New York Times May 23, 2007

The Saga of ‘Toto’ Constant
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Sewell Chan The New York Times May 23, 2007  

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Recent Headlines

  • Red Cross must do more with aid dollars, Haitian-Americans, coalition demand
  • Beginning of the End
  • Plans and Benchmarks for Haiti
  • Have Rich Countries Forgotten Haiti? Key Facts on International Assistance
  • Rural Haiti: The issue is food
  • The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Statement on the Conditions in Haiti Seven Months After the Earthquake (English and French)
  • Haitian Women Fight Sexual Violence
  • Internally Displaced Haitians Faced with Forced Expulsions and Looming Hurricanes will Beat Pots and Pans to Protest Horrific Conditions in Camps

In response to the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in January, many people from neighboring countries have committed two equal and opposite errors, reacting with either paternalistic charity or callous indifference. IJDH, in contrast, is an organization that has shown the people of Haiti steadfast solidarity and true partnership…They are serious about real, autonomous democracy developing in Haiti. — David Schmidt, IJDH Volunteer

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Boston, MA 02205–2115

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Recommended Reading

On That Day, Everybody Ate: One Woman's Story of Hope and Possibility in Haiti
Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues
Travesty in Haiti: A True Account of Christian Missions, Orphanages, Fraud, Food Aid, and Drug Trafficking
Eyes of the Heart: Seeking a Path for the Poor in the Age of Globalization
Damming the Flood: Haiti and the Politics of Containment
Getting Haiti Right This Time : The U.S. and the Coup
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor
Reproducing Inequities: Poverty And the Politics of Population in Haiti
AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L''Ouverture and the Santo Domingo Revolution
An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President
In the Parish of the Poor: Writings from Haiti
Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader
The Uses of Haiti





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