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  Haiti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Republic of Haiti is a country situated on the western third of the island of Hispaniola and the smaller islands of La Gonâve, La Tortue (Tortuga), Les Cayemites, and Ile a Vache in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba; Haiti shares Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic.
The total land area of Haiti is 10,714 square miles (27,750 square km) and its capital is Port-au-Prince on the main island of Hispaniola.
Haiti is a presidential republic with an elected president and National Assembly.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haiti   (2414 words)

  
 Haiti. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Haiti is the most densely populated country in Latin America and has the lowest per capita income, with about half the people unemployed and three quarters living in the severest poverty.
Political instability persisted in Haiti after World War II, and the country’s future was clouded by rising turbulence in the Dominican Republic and by the emergence of a Communist Cuba.
The political stalemate with the opposition led to the freezing of foreign aid and ongoing economic hardship in Haiti.
www.bartleby.com /65/ha/Haiti.html   (1900 words)

  
 Haiti : QuicklyFind Info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Haiti is a country situated on the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba.
Haiti then established the world's first Black republic, making a commitment to end all slavery everywhere.
Haiti has since become the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and has been plagued by political violence and corrupt dictators for most of its history.
www.quicklyfind.com /info/Haiti.htm   (857 words)

  
 Haiti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Haiti is a country situated on the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba; the Dominican Republic shares Hispaniola with Haiti.
Haiti then established the world's first Black republic, making a commitment to end all slavery everywhere along with helping Venezuela, Peru and Colombia to achieve independence under such revolutionary leaders as Bolívar and Miranda.
In mid-September 2004, Haiti was soaked by the flooding rains of Hurricane Jeanne.
www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ha/Haiti.htm   (1084 words)

  
 PolitInfo.com: Information: Government & Politics of Haiti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
When these efforts were rebuffed, Haiti's main bilateral donors announced the end of "business as usual." They moved to re-channel their assistance away from the government and announced they would not support or send observers to the November elections.
Haiti's President Jean-Bertrand Aristide agreed to an internationally-backed plan to form a new government with his political opponents on February 22, but was rejected by the opposition, which continued to demand the president's resignation.
Haiti is one of the original members of the United Nations and several of its specialized and related agencies, as well as a member of the Organization of American States (OAS).
www.politinfo.com /government_politics/haiti.html   (2900 words)

  
 Haiti
Haiti, in the West Indies, occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
Haiti: History - History Early History to Independence The island of Hispaniola was inhabited by the Arawaks prior...
Haiti: Economy - Economy Agriculture is the principal economic activity in Haiti.
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107612.html   (865 words)

  
 POLITICS-HAITI: Region's Leaders Condemn ”Deteriorating” Rights
While Haiti's new government remains barred from participating in the deliberations of the regional grouping Caricom, its absence did little to cool debate on the ongoing political crisis in the former French colony during the summit that ended here last weekend.
”Haiti's problem and challenges are deeply rooted in the history of the country, in the socioeconomic structures within the Haitian society and seemingly its polities of conflict and non-compromise,” he said.
Unlike previous statements on Haiti, the Caribbean leaders this time regarded the indefinite detention of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune as a symbol of their opposition to the arbitrary detention and arrest of persons known to be in opposition to the U.S.-backed administration.
www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=27556   (1132 words)

  
 Politics of Haiti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On February 29, 2004, a rebellion culminated in the alleged forced resignation of the popularly elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Hence, future political structures of the nation are uncertain.
The current de-facto interim president is Boniface Alexandre, who, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was in line to succeed the President in case of death or resignation, according to the 1987 Constitution of Haiti.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Haiti   (786 words)

  
 Haiti - Chapter 9. Haiti: Government and Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Haiti's rural areas, where the majority of the population lives, traditionally has benefited least from government expenditures, and they have suffered for the past 500 years from virtually uninterrupted military domination.
In the late 1980s, the Haitian political system was in a profound state of crisis, which became acute during the waning months of 1985 as swelling popular unrest led to the fall of the Jean-Claude Duvalier government on February 7, 1986.
In mid-1989, however, the political situation continued to be in a state of flux; many claimants to power competed with each other, while Haiti's public institutions languished.
www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-5567.html   (493 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Haiti - Politics And The Military, 1934-57 | Haitian Information Resource
Estimé, politically the most moderate of the three, drew support from the fl population in the north, as well as from the emerging fl middle class.
When Haiti announced that its first direct elections (all men twenty-one or over were allowed to vote) would be held on October 8, 1950, Magloire resigned from the junta and declared himself a candidate for president.
In contrast to the chaotic political climate of 1946, the campaign of 1950 proceeded under the implicit understanding that only a strong candidate backed by both the army and the elite would be able to take power.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/haiti/haiti24.html   (2064 words)

  
 Haiti: the Maoist view   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Haiti is one place in the Western Hemisphere where a rebellion against slavery succeeded.
The fact that the united $tates took power in Haiti in 1915 proves that the united $tates had its own motivations for colonialism and it also proves MIM's line that within 100 years of 1776, Amerikkkans had killed off the United States.
Today Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world, wrecked by its close ties to the united $tates, which repeatedly destabilizes the country to reshuffle its lackeys there.
www.etext.org /Politics/MIM/countries/haiti/index.html   (479 words)

  
 Haiti Army Politics
The VSN, devoted to maintaining power and repressing political opposition, was considerably larger than the army; it consisted primarily of rural dwellers.
For years the VSN has had a strong base of support in rural Haiti; from the same segments of the population that filled the ranks of the irregular military forces known as cacos and piquets during the pre-occupation era.
They continued to play a leading role in the politics of the army, and they, together with the Duvalierists, appeared to represent the central obstacle to Avril's consolidation of power.
www.country-studies.com /haiti/army-politics.html   (587 words)

  
 Uncle Sam overthrows Aristide in Haiti
Haiti is another perfect case of the lie in all Amerikan "foreign policy" which is really a system, not a policy.
Hence, Bush himself counted Haiti as having a democratically elected government and his February smokescreen for overthrowing Aristide was that Aristide resigned.
There is an important lesson in political realism to learn in all this and once we learn it, we move a major step closer to the communist road: democracy is not possible under capitalism.
www.etext.org /Politics/MIM/countries/haiti/haiti03132004.html   (1268 words)

  
 [CENERE vi-16 politics] Haiti
Haiti: besides fear, there is not too mutch allegation to vote for a president whom the people does not feel as his own...
The observers of the OSA (organization of American States) and MINUHA (United Nation's Mission for Haiti) confirm that the elections were under no problem of security, boycott or psychological pressure as on the contrary happened during the preceding political-amministrative elections of June-September last.
But Haiti is in great need of foreign financial help to recover, a circumstance that Préval, a skilled technician, knows too well.
www.host-it.net /cenere/current/english/vi_16_6.html   (600 words)

  
 Greenwood Publishing Group I1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Political systems seek to bring about improvement in people's lives; but politics in Haiti has only made the Haitians' lives worse.
While other books portray Haiti as a passive victim of U.S./capitalist manipulations, this book identifies the causes of widespread poverty and political instability as the result of multiple external and internal factors centered in the elite-mass relationship, with the resourcefulness of the people blocked by greedy governments.
Essential to Haiti's recovery are closer ties to the Caribbean and to the EEC, along with a continuing relationship with the United States.
info.greenwood.com /books/0275931/0275931722.html   (362 words)

  
 Haiti on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Haiti's President Talks About Refugees, the Embargo Against Haiti And the Reinforcement of Democracy Through Elections.
Haiti in 2001: Political Deadlock, Economic Crisis: Though factional strife, economic hardship, and discouragement have driven away members, Haiti's popular organizations doggedly continue with hundreds of initiatives...
MARC, HAITI -- People carry their belongings as they walk around a freight container and vehicles that form a barricade in St. Marc, Haiti, on February 24, 2004.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/Haiti.asp   (542 words)

  
 Politics of Haiti -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The prime minister, the (Click link for more info and facts about head of government) head of government, is appointed by the president and ratified by the National Assembly.
Haiti accepts compulsory (In law; the territory within which power can be exercised) jurisdiction of the (A court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations) International Court of Justice.
There is a (The highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation) Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation), assisted by local and civil courts at a communal level.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/politics_of_haiti.htm   (664 words)

  
 Politics of Haiti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It was approved in March 1987, but it was completely suspendedfrom June 1988 to March 1989 and was only fullyreinstated in October 1994.
On February29, 2004, a rebelion culminated in the alleged resignation and flight of formerpresident Jean-Bertrand Aristide and it is unknown ifthe current political structure will continue.
Jean-BertrandAristide had been in office since February 7, 2001, having received 92% of votes in thestill disputed elections of 2000, but resigned the presidency on February 29, 2004 under pressure from rebels aswell as from the United States and France.
www.therfcc.org /politics-of-haiti-85198.html   (433 words)

  
 HAITI NEWS HAITIAN NEWS | HavenWorks.com/world/haiti capital: Port-au-Prince, Republic of Haiti, Republique d'Haiti
Mourners in Haiti have attended the funeral of a prominent journalist killed by kidnappers."...
Haiti is caught in a "deep political, social and economic crisis", says a new report by Brussels-based think tank International Crisis Group (ICG)."...
"Haiti's premier warned of an impending coup amid fears that an uprising that has left at least 57 people dead may have reached the country's second city, Cap-Haitien."...
www.havenworks.com /world/haiti   (1649 words)

  
 Haiti Politics
Aristide leaves Haiti, new official to be sworn in as president
In Haiti, shift from disjointed rebellion to wider uprising
Rebellion pushes Haiti’s hospitals to brink of collapse
www.latinamericanstudies.org /haiti-revolt-2004.htm   (633 words)

  
 Partisan U.S. politics stymie Haiti | The San Diego Union-Tribune
The chaos in Haiti that drove Jean-Bertrand Aristide from office and his continued assertion that it was Washington who removed him make it easy to forget that just 10 years ago, he and Haiti were heralded as a U.S. foreign policy success.
As Washington attempts to assert its influence anew in a country where it has sent troops twice in a decade, the risks of letting U.S. policy in Haiti fall into the hands of the few least interested in a bipartisan approach should be clear.
It was clearly a questionable condition, considering the fact that Haiti's new police force was barely in place and scrambling to keep order on an island whose military had just been disbanded.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040320/news_1e20sanchez.html   (730 words)

  
 Haitian-American Politics in Chicago
While Haitian immigrants in Florida are fast becoming part of the mainstream political machine, those in the Midwest continue to lag behind, failing to even articulate a set of political priorities.
They are torn between focusing on politics in Haiti and politics in the United States, trapped between allegiances to their countrymen back home and political realities facing their compatriots here.
Political differences caused huge fissures in Miami’s Haitian community — and even violence – between those who advocated U.S. involvement in Haiti to restore a democratic government to power and those who supported the 1991 military coup.
www.aliciapatterson.org /APF2002/Valbrun/Valbrun.html   (1833 words)

  
 College Papers-Haiti`s Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The only clear effect Haiti had on the US were the refugees attempting to reach American soil, which aroused the public enough to call for a stop to the influx of refugees.
The fact that Haiti was in a civil dispute weighs against support for intervening in the country.
The non-political benefits in invading Haiti were weak and the political reasons cannot justify the loss of American lives.
www.college-papers.org /free_essays/politics/haitis-politicsmnn.html   (970 words)

  
 POLITICS-HAITI: Peace Eludes U.N. "Blue Helmets"
The Brazilian-led force -- which, with its civilian component has a budget of 379 million dollars for its first 12 months -- is supposed to assure a "secure and stable environment" for the transitional government and the preparation of elections this coming fall.
MINUSTAH is the sixth U.N. mission to hit Haiti in a decade, and comes on the heels of the country's second U.S.-led invasion and occupation in as many years.
But Haiti is not at war nor is it a protectorate.
www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=27458   (1326 words)

  
 The Haitian Revolution
This dictionary is a handy source for brief information on Haiti's individuals, historical events, politics, chronologies, sociology, places, publications, regionalisms, etc. Provides short definitions for some of the terms found in the literature on the Haitian Revolution.
Covers economic, political, military, diplomatic, intellectual, cultural, social and religious history as well as the history of medicine, science and technology.
Corbett also has a popular Haiti Listserv which is highly recommended for individuals who are interested in Haiti.
www.albany.edu /~js3980/haitian-revolution.html   (3145 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Haiti's Predatory Republic: The Unending Transition to Democracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The author suggests that Haiti's experience shows that for democracy to succeed in any country, there needs to be a balance of power between two competing classes, the bourgeoisie and the workers.
The absence of strong political organizations from both classes in Haiti has led to a power vacuum and the consequent failure of democratic institutions.
Because it was published in 2002 it obviously does not discuss the most recent events in Haiti, but the book is a very useful tool in understanding what is going on in that country now.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1588260852   (432 words)

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