Haiti

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... 2008-07-09

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... 2008-06-10

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,... 2008-05-13

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... 2008-03-11

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.... 2007-12-04

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... 2007-11-06

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... 2007-10-05

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

A recent UN report has recommended the extension of the organisation's mission in Haiti for at least a further 12 months. The report, undertaken by former secretary-general Kofi Annan,... 2007-01-09

BMI View: After years of political in-fighting and economic stagnation, Haiti has started to exhibit the first signs of a potential recovery. That said, we believe that there is still... 2006-10-18