Haiti’s Tap-Taps Get COVID Makeovers: Public Art Fights the Pandemic
In one of the more striking adaptations to the COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti, tap-tap artists and operators began incorporating public
Culture
Diaspora
Haiti: US Deports COVID-Positive Haitians, Drawing International Outrage
The Trump administration’s decision to continue deportation flights to Haiti even as the COVID-19 pandemic was spreading drew sharp international
Culture
Haiti’s Artisans: Traditional Crafts Survive Economic Storm
Haiti’s artisan sector — producers of the hand-crafted paintings, metal art, papier-mâché, and woodcarvings that have given Haitian decorative arts
Health
Haiti COVID-19: Partners in Health on the Front Lines
Partners in Health, the Boston-based global health organization that had operated in Haiti since 1987 and built some of the
Culture
Haiti’s Haitian Creole Bible: Faith Meets Mother Tongue
Easter Sunday 2020 was observed in Haiti in circumstances profoundly different from any previous year, with COVID precautions limiting or
Society
Haiti Schools Closed: COVID Adds to Education Crisis
The closure of Haitian schools due to COVID-19 in March 2020 compounded an education crisis that had already seen students
Health
Haiti COVID-19 Response: A Fragile State Battles a Global Pandemic
As COVID-19 began spreading in Haiti, the country faced the pandemic with a healthcare system that had been operating at
Health
COVID-19 Arrives in Haiti: First Cases Confirmed in March
Haiti confirmed its first two cases of COVID-19 on March 19, 2020, the last country in the Caribbean to report
Economy
Haiti’s Solar Energy Pioneers: Light in the Darkness
In communities across Haiti where the state electricity grid had never reached or had become too unreliable to depend on,
Politics
Haiti Prime Minister Jouthe Joseph Appointed as Political Crisis Continues
President Jovenel Moïse appointed Jouthe Joseph as Haiti’s new prime minister in March 2020, the latest in a series of