Haiti

Domestic News

U.S.-backed Haitian Dictatorship Commits Massacres

November 16, 2020 fwstaff
Haiti Action Committee is honored to distribute this recent press release from Fanmi Lavalas, the people’s party of Haiti.  The statement has been translated from the original Kreyol. By Haiti Action Committee In the press […]
International News

Resisting COVID-19 in Haiti

May 28, 2020 fwstaff
By Pierre Labossiere from the Haiti Action Committee On March 19, 2020, shortly after international institutions made known that millions of dollars would be available to impoverished countries with COVID-19 cases, Haitian authorities finally addressed […]
International News

Haiti: We are Lavalas

May 3, 2020 fwstaff
By Haiti Action Committee 4/23/2020 Fanmi Lavalas sends greetings to Haitians here and abroad during this coronavirus pandemic and takes this opportunity to be in solidarity with all the victims of the coronavirus and their […]
Pacha Vorbe
International News

Denouncing the Attempted Assassination of Fanmi Lavalas Leader, Joel “Pacha” Vorbe

April 4, 2020 fwstaff
By Haiti Action Committee – press release On March 30th, 2020, at about 3:00 a.m., six heavily armed men invaded the home of Joel Edouard Vorbe, familiarly known as Pacha, a member of the Executive […]
Haitians courageously demonstrated their support for Aristide
International News

Remembering The 2004 Coup in Haiti

March 16, 2020 fwstaff
By Robert Roth, Haiti Action Committee On February 29, 2004, the democratically elected government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti was overthrown by a violent coup.  This was the second U.S.-sponsored coup against a popularly […]
Haiti demonstrations led by artists on October 13, 2019
International News

Demonstrations Escalate in Haiti Demanding the Resignation of Washington-backed Regime

November 4, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A new round of popular unrest in Haiti on October 27 has left two people dead and many others injured. On October 25 and 27, the embassies of France and Canada were […]
Demonstration in Haiti
International News

Fanmi Lavalas condemns violence against community residents

April 22, 2019 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff The following is a press release from Fanmi Lavalas dated April 15, 2019, and translated to English by the Haiti Action Committee. This statement condemns the violent repression against the Haitian […]
International News

Recent unrest reveals continuing revolutionary spirit in Haiti

March 28, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe During the month of February, hundreds of thousands of Haitians took to the streets to demonstrate in response to the horrific economic crisis sweeping the Caribbean nation. For 10 straight days, workplaces, […]
Graphic: Haiti Action Committee by nia
International News

Open letter in solidarity with the people of Haiti on the 15th anniversary of the U.S.-backed coup

March 14, 2019 fwstaff
By Haiti Action Committee The following is a statement issued by the Haiti Action Committee on March 2, 2019, in support of the Haitian people’s struggle for human rights and democracy in their own country. […]
Thousands of Haitians march in the streets on November 23 to protest rampant corruption in the government
International News

Fanmi Lavalas on crisis and resolution in Haiti

December 19, 2018 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff The following is a statement circulated by the Haiti Action Committee. It comes from Fanmi Lavalas, the people’s party in Haiti, issued in solidarity with the upsurge of protests against the […]