Politics of Haiti

Christopher Osman, an ex-Navy SEAL accused of being a mercenary, arrested in Haiti along with four other Americans, two Serbians and their Haitian driver revealed the identity of the big businessman they came to Haiti to protect.

Haitian journalist says: One of the main reason that some people are protesting in the streets is because they need more money to send to the United States because they have to pay rent for their wives; they have to pay school for their children.

Former Senator and mayor of Le Cayes Jean Gabriel Fortune says the biggest problem Haiti is facing right now is impunity and corruption. "We are in a state where anyone can do whatever he wants in this country and there are no sanctions, no punishment."

Former Haitian army General Williams Regala died Sunday December 23, 2018, at the age of 81, at his residence in Port-au-Prince.

Vincent Casseus, a former candidate for depute and candidate for Senator under the banner of the LAPEH party in Grand'Anse Haiti, extradited to the United States, pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking, according to the South Florida District Attorney's Office.

Read the from Le Nouvelliste: The petrochallengers lost control of the movement they launched about three months ago on social networks. This movement has been recovered by politicians.

Godson Orelus, the former Director General of the Haitian National Police force (PNH) was arrested and placed in custody in Saint-Marc Friday by the investigating judge in charge of the case of the seizure of weapons that were imported into Haiti illegally back in 2016.

Regarding the use of PetroCaribe funds, Marriott Port-au-Prince Hotel, NH Haiti El Rancho hotel and Best Western Premier Petion-Ville have denied statement ex president Michel Martelly made that he invested PetroCaribe money in these hotels.

Basic Education is FREE by law in Haiti but do the students ever get really get it for free? According to president Jovenel Moise they did this year. 750,000 Haitian public school students will go to school for free this year, the president said.

Watch this video... Haitian artist Sweet Micky (ex president Michel Martelly) and the legendary Roger M. Eugene alias Shoubou of the Tabou Combo Superstars made some funny jokes about PetroCaribe, a hot topic in Haiti right now, before giving a superb performance in Long Island New York.