by Colette Lespinasse | Jan 3, 2022 | Articles from COEH, Topics
In Haiti, every first of January, the giraumont soup (also called soup joumou) flows freely. In all homes, in all social strata, both in the country and among Haitians living abroad, this soup is consumed that day from sunrise until sunset to commemorate the feast of...
by Colette Lespinasse | Nov 17, 2021 | Articles from COEH, Topics
Despite a gloomy situation characterized by the difficulty of moving from one place to another due to fuel shortages and insecurity, more than sixty representatives of peasant organizations, labour unions and supporting NGOs met at a hotel in the Haitian capital...
by Colette Lespinasse | Sep 24, 2021 | Articles from COEH, Topics
This Thursday morning, September 23, 2021, the news is running all the media in Haiti and all social networks: the special envoy of the United States to Haiti, Mr. Daniel Foote, appointed barely two months ago, has just given his resignation. In a scathing letter to...
by Colette Lespinasse | Aug 24, 2021 | Articles from COEH, Topics
On Wednesday August 18 and Thursday August 19, 2021, I went to the southern department of Haiti, which was very affected by the earthquake of August 14, 2021, to visit some friends and colleagues who live in this region. I also wanted to be present on the scene to see...
by Colette Lespinasse | May 18, 2021 | Articles from COEH, Topics
The current plans in Haiti to modify the Constitution are a serious threat to worsen the situation, instead of a way out of the crisis. In fact, Mr. Jovenel Moïse whose mandate as president of the republic of Haiti, according to many, ended on February 7, 2021, has...
