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Haiti Holds First Round of Presidential Elections

Above: electoral materials arrive at Haiti’s airport (UN Photo/Srdan Slavkovic) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti held its first round of presidential elections on Sunday, although it will likely be some time before the leading vote-getters are announced. The country […]

Haiti Says Deal Reached to Pave Way for New Elections

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s long-delayed legislative and municipal elections could be back on track. The office of Haiti President Michel Martelly issued a statement on Monday announcing an agreement reached between the opposition […]

Haiti: UN Warns of “Institutional Vacuum” Without Elections Soon

Above: UN Special Representative Sandra Honore (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations is continuing its call for Haiti to hold long-delayed elections before the end of the year. Speaking to the Security Council this week, […]

OAS Urges Haiti to Hold Elections

Above: the OAS Permanent Council in session (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States’ Permanent Council has adopted a declaration urging Haiti’s government to hold long-delayed legislative and municipal elections by the end […]

John Kerry: Haiti “Taking Steps” to Hold Free, Fair Elections

Above: United States Secretary of State John Kerry (right) with Haiti President Michel Martelly earlier this year (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is “taking steps to hold free and fair parliamentary elections and to seat a […]

Haiti: UN, Core Group Urge “All Necessary Measures” to Hold Elections

Above: Sandra Honore, the Special Representative of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Haiti (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s political actors must take “all necessary measures” in order to advance toward the organization of planned legislative elections […]

Haiti: UN Urges Progress on Elections

Above: UN Special Representative Sandra Honore (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Sandra Honore, the Special Representative of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, issued a statement Thursday renewing a call for progress on long-delayed elections in Haiti. Honore […]

Joe Biden, Haiti’s Michel Martelly Talk Security, Elections in Phone Call

Above: Joe Biden By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Vice President Joe Biden and Haiti President Michel Martelly held talks by phone on Wednesday, following a meeting between two during Biden’s visit to Trinidad last month. Biden reiterated the […]

Haiti, United Nations Hold Talks on Planned Legislative Elections

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe met Monday with UN Acting Special Representative Nigel Fisher and UNDP senior director Sophie De Caen to discuss the logistics of […]

Haiti Names Electoral Council, Paving Way For Long-Delayed Elections

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff After months of urging by the international community, Haiti’s government has established a transitional college of its Permanent Electoral Council, a move that paves the way for long-awaited legislative elections, according […]

Haiti: UN’s Nigel Fisher Continues Call to Hold Elections in 2013

Above: Nigel Fisher (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti must overcome its ongoing political stalemate and hold elections, according to Nigel Fisher, the Acting Special Representative of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Haiti. Fisher was making his […]

OAS Looking Forward to “Timely” Legislative, Local Elections in Haiti

Above: OAS SG Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo/Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States says it is looking forward “to the holding of timely legislative and local elections in Haiti,” according to a statement issued […]

Haiti: UN Security Council Urges Elections “By the End of 2013”

Above: UN Security Council President Masood Khan (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Echoing a call by MINUSTAH Chief Mariano Fernandez earlier this month, the United National Security Council is urging Haiti to hold legislative elections by the end […]

Haiti: UN’s Fernandez Urges Legislative Elections “As Soon As Possible”

Above: MINUSTAH Chief Mariano Fernandez (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Mariano Fernandez, the Special Representative of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, is urging Haiti’s government to take “all necessary measures” to hold partial legislative elections “as soon […]

Haiti’s Martelly, Mexico’s Calderon Talk Cooperation on Investment, Elections

Above: Haiti’s Michel Martelly and Mexico’s Felipe Calderon (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Looking to boost ties between Haiti and Mexico, Presidents Michel Martelly and Felipe Calderon held talks in Port-au-Prince focusing on cooperation on the fight against […]

Haiti’s Martelly Concludes Meeting with MINUSTAH, Says Elections a Priority

Above: Haitian President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly said Monday the organization of legislative and municipal elections remains a priority for his administration, once the selection of Foreign Minister Laurent Lamothe as […]

Haiti Reaches Deal for Transitional Government

Haiti has reached a deal for a transitional government after President Michel Martelly’s term expired without an elected successor. Under the terms of the agreement, which was reached 22 hours before Martelly’s term expired, Haiti’s Parliament will elect an interim […]

Haiti’s Constitutional Crisis

The constitution question By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor How should Haiti proceed as the mandate of the current president comes to term on Feb. 7th and with no president-elect to assume power? Is the answer in the Haitian constitution, political consensus, through […]

Royal Caribbean Cancels Haiti Visit Due to Protests

Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas cruise ship canceled its planned visit to the Haitian cruise port of Labadee this week, citing “political protests in the area.” The cruise line pointed to a video on Facebook that showed the ship […]

More Concern Over Haiti Election Delay

It’s been more than two months since Haiti held its first round of presidential elections on Oct. 25, and the country still has no president-elect. Jovenel Moise and Jude Celestin, who got the most votes in the first round of […]

UN “Concerned” Over Political Uncertainty in Haiti

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he is “concerned” over the political situation in Haiti. In a statement this week, Ban said he was concerned about the “growing political uncertainty in Haiti, following the publication of the results of […]

UN: Haiti Taking “Resolute” Steps Toward Renewal of Democracy

Is Haiti’s political process moving forward? By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is taking “resolute” steps toward renewing its democratic institutions, according to MINUSTAH Chief Sandra Honore. The United Nations’ top official in Haiti pointed to the first-round elections in […]

How Can Haiti’s Growth Improve?

How can Haiti grow — and grow in a different way? By Dana Niland CJ Contributor A new report from the World Bank Group has outlined key opportunities and constraints to faster sustainable and inclusive growth in Haiti. The report cites the […]

What Happened to Democracy in Haiti?

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor In the absence of the constitution, democracy is dead. On Jan. 13th of this year, Haitians woke up with a dysfunctional parliament, where only 10 out of 30 Senators remained in office, and effectively the […]

Haiti: United Nations Security Council Makes Three-Day Visit

Above: the legislative palace in Haiti (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations Security Council began a three-day visit to Haiti this weekend. The trip, which began on Saturday, was co-led by the permanent representatives of the missions […]

United States’ Joe Biden, Haiti’s Michel Martelly Hold Phone Dialogue

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Vice President Joe Biden held a phone conversation with Haiti President Michel Martelly on Friday, according to a statement from the White House. The call continued the pair’s […]

Haitian Leaders Reach Agreement Aimed at Averting Political Crisis

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s political leaders have reached a tentative agreement aimed at averting a political crisis in the country. It comes after the nomination of Evans Paul as the country’s new Prime […]

UN “Welcomes” New Haiti PM

Above: Interim Haitian Prime Minister Florence Guillaume with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon earlier this year (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The UN has “welcomed” the appointment of new interim Haitian Prime Minister Florence Guillaume, it said […]

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