Haiti: The urgent need to break out of the endless cycle of insecurity and instability

by COEH facilitator, Colette Lespinasse | Sep 5, 2023 | Articles from COEH, Topics

Haiti: The urgent need to break out of the endless cycle of insecurity and instability By Colette Lespinasse, COEH facilitator 31 August 2023 The situation in Haiti is becoming increasingly chaotic, with the rise of armed groups terrorising the population. Since the...

Haiti: The Recurrence of Humanitarian Crises Requires New Governance

by Coordination Europe-Haiti | Jun 8, 2023 | articles by Haitian organisations, Articles from COEH, Topics

For at least three decades, not a year has passed without Haiti being the victim of a new disaster in which many lives and property are taken away. When it is not a cyclone or floods following abundant torrential rains, it is earthquakes, fires or man-made disasters...

Sanctions against Pierre Esperance: COEH asks for explanations

by COEH staff | May 24, 2023 | Articles from COEH, Topics

The Coordination Europe-Haiti (COEH) has been informed of the restrictions on freedom of movement imposed by the Dominican authorities and the infringement of the reputation of Pierre Espérance, director of the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights...

HAITI, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY: THE BIG LIE!

by Colette Lespinasse | Oct 3, 2022 | Articles from COEH, Topics

Since July 2022, the Haitian population can no longer find fuel in gas pumps, but instead at high prices in the streets. This problem, added to so many others, including traffic difficulties in the southern part of the capital for over a year now, growing insecurity,...

Chaos in Haiti is growing as the world is watching

by Colette Lespinasse and Els Hortensius | Sep 21, 2022 | Articles from COEH, Topics

On September 14, the Haitian government announced a more than 100% increase in gasoline prices. The reason would be that the public treasury is empty and the government has no more money to operate. This is why it was decided to end the fuel subsidy. In reaction the...

First anniversary of the earthquake in the Great South of Haiti

by Colette Lespinasse | Aug 23, 2022 | Articles from COEH, Topics

Reconstruction is still overdue, but there is hope This August 14, 2022, it has already been a year since a powerful earthquake of 7.2 magnitude on the Richter scale shook the Grand Sud (Great South) of Haiti. For this first anniversary, some remembrance activities...