Musician is reportedly considering a bid to become leader of land of his birth and childhood.
Wyclef Jean is considering running for president of Haiti in the country's November elections, the Associated Press reports.
The musician, who was born in Port-au-Prince but brought up in New York, has long been a prominent spokesperson for the country, especially since being appointed "ambassador-at-large" by the soon-to-retire president, René Préval, in 2007. In 2005, he set up Yéle Haiti, a ... read more
The media have been sympathetic to the US missionaries awaiting trial in Haiti.
The plight of the American missionaries awaiting trial in Haiti for kidnapping children has been reported pretty sympathetically so far -- even though 22 of the 33 children they tried to take across the border into the Dominican Republic have parents, which is stretching the definition of "orphan" beyond even the one in the dictionary Madonna evidently consults.
On the Telegraph website, Toby Young has posted a short article titled ... read more
Benjamin Zephaniah and Tony Benn to perform at fundraising event in London
The full extent of the catastrophe in Haiti continues to unfold as aftershocks continue and the recovery is blighted by lack of infrastructure. You can revisit some of our coverage here.
Despite the heap of problems the relief effort has faced so far, it is vital that assistance continues to flow into the country. And now for a shameless plug: a concert for Haiti will take place next Wednesday (3 ... read more
Haiti becomes a target for economic "shock therapy"
Naomi Klein's book The Shock Doctrine warned of the rise of "disaster capitalism", under which governments and corporations use disasters as a chance to push through free-market policies unachievable in times of stability.
Where most see a crisis, neoliberal actors spy new market opportunities. And with poor countries desperate for any kind of aid, they are often forced to carry out extensive privatisation, deregulation and wage cuts in return.
Following ... read more
what is so irritating is the arrogant presumption that people soft-headed enough to subscribe to superstitious twaddle are somehow morally superior because they share an ill-defined delusion which...
From p stanton, 15 February 01:34
Sure, "Sir Michael". Let's honestly invent and negotiate our laws, rather than pretend they came from some magic man in the sky we don't really quite believe in. That's part of the point of RDF's...
From G Wilson, 15 February 00:37
calm down beef, you know that this dynamic will go on forever and a day.
From gmac, 15 February 00:35
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