Bill Clinton Admits the UN Introduced Cholera to Haiti
From my blog entry for the Pulitzer Center in March: In early March, Bill Clinton showed he is learning the lessons of Haiti’s man-made disasters. Far from natural byproducts of the nation itself, the widespread…
New Allegations of Sexual Exploitation Against UN Peacekeepers in Haiti
With the news this morning of new sexual exploitation allegations involving minors against UN peacekeeping personnel in Haiti, I wanted to flag this follow-up ABC News piece to the story we broke last September, published…
Rose Mina deserves better (updated)
It’s a cold Christmas night in Seattle and I’m up at 3 in the morning. I miss the warmth of Haiti. Readers, I have a request. Does anyone remember Rose Mina Joseph? I wrote about…
I penned a new WikiLeaks article, did some interviews, and got tear-gassed.
Here’s a round-up of some of odds and ends that I haven’t gotten around to posting until now. First, there’s this piece for Haiti Liberte: WikiLeaks Reveal: Expecting Civilian Deaths, US Embassy Approved of Deadly…
Does this only become a big deal if it causes an outbreak of deadly disease?
View on YouTube: Haitians Upset With UN Base Runoff into Foul-Smelling Pool Or is living with swarms of mosquitoes and an overpowering stench in the area an acceptable level of suffering for Haitians? They’re resilient…
“I Like That Song. Put It On My Phone.” How They Got the Video From the Soldiers In Port Salut
I’ve been asked a number of times how I obtained the cell phone of the apparent assault by Uruguayan UN troops on Johnny Jean. The answer is simple: The video is circulating on cell phones…
Wikileaks: US Embassy Makes Its Case for MINUSTAH
An October 2008 cable just released by Wikileaks called “Why We Need A Continuing MINUSTAH Presence in Haiti” recommends MINUSTAH’s presence continue until at least 2013. The US pays one fourth of its budget. Some…
Wikileaks: DR President Believes Brazilian MINUSTAH Commander Assassinated, Suspects Cover-Up
Dominican President Leonel Fernandez told State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Patrick Duddy in January of 2006, according to a cable released by Norway’s largest newspaper, that he suspects Brazilian MINUSTAH military commander Urano Bacellar was…
Wikileaks: UN Response to Gangs “Not Sufficiently Robust,” US tells Brazil; Blocking Aristide A Priority
Excerpts below from a June 2005 cable posted by the Brazilian newspaper Folha, in which the State Department, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, impresses upon Brazil the need to keep former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide…
Wikileaks, Cablegate and Haiti
I’m going to start splitting Haiti/Wikileaks-related content into separate posts. Updates posted below or you can find them all collected at under the ‘wikileaks’ tag. The Aftenposten 13: New Wikileaks Cables Show Extent of US…
