Haiti 2020: Year in Review — Pandemic, Politics, and Perseverance
Looking back on 2020, Haiti’s year can be understood as a story of cascading crises that reinforced and compounded one
Politics
Culture
Haiti December 2020: Christmas Under the Shadow of Crises
Christmas 2020 arrived in Haiti carrying heavier burdens than any recent holiday season in memory. Families that had experienced income
Culture
Haiti’s Literature Reflects a Nation’s Pain and Beauty
Haitian literature, produced in Haitian Creole, French, and increasingly in English by diaspora writers, continued to engage with the country’s
Health
Haiti’s Grassroots Health Workers: The Backbone of Community Care
Haiti’s network of community health workers — agents de santé communautaire who operated at the grassroots level, connecting households to
Politics
Haiti December 2020: Year Ends With Crisis Unresolved on Every Front
As 2020 drew to a close, Haiti faced the end of the year with its multiple crises unresolved and in
International
Haiti and the Dominican Republic: A Border of Contrasts in 2020
The border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic — which runs across the island of Hispaniola and separates two countries
Politics
Haiti’s Constitutional Reform Debate Heats Up in 2020
President Moïse announced in late 2020 that constitutional reform would be a priority of his government, arguing that Haiti’s 1987
Human Rights
Haiti’s Street Children: Invisible Victims of a Visible Crisis
Among the most invisible victims of Haiti’s compounding crises in 2020 were the thousands of children living and working on
Health
Haiti COVID Second Wave Feared as Protections Ease
Public health officials in Haiti warned in the fall of 2020 that conditions were ripe for a significant increase in
Diaspora
Haiti November 2020: US Election Results Watched Closely by Diaspora
Haitian Americans across the United States followed the November 2020 presidential election with intense interest, aware that the outcome would