haiti

  • Fairfield University and other religious entities said they would pay more than $60 million to settle allegations that they failed to stop a now-convicted child molester from sexually abusing dozens of boys at a school for disadvantaged children in Haiti, according to court filings made Friday… Read this piece at Law360.

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  • A new report published by the United Nations illustrates the challenges of confronting ongoing crime and violence in Haiti, problems that are likely to be compounded by recent political instability… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake that killed nearly a quarter million people in Haiti, protesters demanding the resignation of President Michel Martelly were reportedly shot at with water hoses and tear gas by police. Similar protests have been occurring for months as the country’s latest political crisis has continued to escalate. Now, on

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