Haiti
Economy
In late June President Rene Preval began his third attempt to appoint a Prime Minister since the resignation of Jacques-Edouard Alexis resulting from the April food riots. With Alexis...
2008-07-09Economy
In BMI 's view, one of the key disconnects holding back progress in Haiti was on full display during May and early June - the stubborn gap between the need for rapid action to resolve...
2008-06-10Economy
High food prices, scarce supplies, a restless population, and a series of riots shook Haiti in April, forcing President Rene Preval to accept the dismissal of his Prime Minister,...
2008-05-13Economy
At the end of February, parliament rejected a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis. Although the government's majority was comfortable - and under the...
2008-03-11Economy
In November, President René Préval continued lobbying for constitutional changes in Haiti, a proposal that had earlier met with considerable suspicion from a variety of sources....
2007-12-04Economy
Various opposition members expressed counter-views. A number remember that in Préval's first presidency (1996-2001) it was precisely a dispute over elections which led him to close...
2007-11-06Economy
It would rank as the most improbable political comeback story yet imagined: Jean Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier said in September he was ready to return to Haiti after 21 years in exile...
2007-10-05Economy
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) agreed at the end of March to forgive US$4.4bn in debt owed by Bolivia, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras and Nicaragua in order to improve living...
2007-04-17
