by Els Hortensius | Jun 27, 2018 | Articles from COEH, Uncategorized
It is widely known that Haiti needs large investments in order to meet the needs of its people: infrastructure, employment, and, as president Jovenel Moïse does not stop to promise: electricity twenty-four hours a day. But the money to meet these needs is not there....
by Els Hortensius | Aug 2, 2017 | Articles from COEH
Peace missions or rather their own army in Haiti? A remarkable news item appeared early July in the Haitian media: the Ministry of Defence invited young men and women to apply for a job in the army. Remarkable, because Haiti has not had an active army for over twenty...
by Els Hortensius | Apr 22, 2016 | Articles from COEH
February 7 is a historic day in Haiti: it is on that day that Jean-Claude Duvalier was forced to leave the country ending a nearly thirty-year period of brutal dictatorship. Last February marked exactly thirty years since the end of the Duvalier era, and you would...