FLOODS, MUDSLIDES and an earthquake devastated Haiti and the Dominican Republic in the last week of May, but the disaster had its roots in not-so-natural causes. Haiti was once known for its lush ...

MIAMI – Boniface Alexandre, who served as president of Haiti from 2004 to 2006 after the coup that overthrew Jean-Bertrand Aristide for the second time, died on Friday. He was 87. Gérard Latortue, ...

Anti-government demonstrators again took to the streets of Port Au Prince, Haiti, this weekend to demand the resignation of President Jean Bertrand-Aristide. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to individuals ...

We continue our week-long series on the continuing crisis in Haiti. As international peacekeeping troops move in, what is the human rights situation there? NPR's Tony Cox speaks with NPR's Gerry ...

MEXICO CITY, March 8 (Reuters) - Guy Philippe, who helped lead a coup in Haiti in 2004 and returned to the Caribbean island last year after serving a prison sentence in the U.S., demanded on Friday ...

The revolution and current political climate in Haiti provide insight into what defines the capacity to be free and human, said Associate Professor of Africana Studies Barrymore Bogues in a Thursday ...

GONAIVES, Haiti — Thousands of protesters yelling “Aristide must go!” vowed Friday to repel any attempt to retake control of Haiti’s fourth-largest city, a day after it was seized by armed militants ...

The recent hurricanes that have battered the southern parts of this country and devastated the Caribbean have caused significant damage totaling in the billions of dollars. Houses were blown to pieces ...

In typical pre-election fashion, John Kerry used the crisis in Haiti as a political ploy last week, criticizing the Bush administration for its lack of assistance to former leader Jean-Bertrand ...

One of this country's most prominent activists for democracy and development in Haiti was fatally injured over the weekend when his car was struck by a stolen vehicle driven by a teenager, D.C. police ...

Donna Britt's March 5 column on Haiti incorrectly stated that Gen. Toussaint L'Ouverture and his comrades fought Napoleon Bonaparte's army in 1791. The Haitian slave revolt against France began that ...

Shot in early 2004 during the commemoration of the bicentennial of Haiti, this film offers a unique light on the last days to the presidency of Aristide, former priest of the poor became apprentice ...