Haitian Politics Blog

One of the biggest problems that exist in Haiti is with all these high ranking government officials who are getting paid and giving nothing back in terms of service. In Haiti, when you play someone to provide a service to the population there are more interested in providing themselves with comfort and money and anything else.

The use of social media in politics including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube has dramatically changed the way campaigns are run and how Americans interact with their elected officials.

These days in Haiti, there's not a day that goes by that Haitian journalists do not mention what is happening 'sou Rezo Sosyo yo', how hot topics being discussed by Haitians on social media is impacting politics in Haiti.

Gen gwo tansyon nan peyi a LOBEY pwal pete le 17 Octobre. Pawol coup d'ètat, dechoukay mele ak PetroCaribe. Moun yo soti pou fè moun pete kouri kite peyi sa.

Breaking News... Haitian journalist Luckner Desir reported Wednesday that Haitian president Jovenel Moise in the process of moving out of his residence in Pèlerin 5. The president is moving to Juvenat.

Haitian rebel leader Louis-Jodel Chamblain made some troubling announcement on a radio station Monsay in capital Port-au-Prince. "There is a armed coup d'ètat imminent against president Jovenel Moise," he said.

Listen to this audio... Mirlande Manigat reacts after armed gunmen opened fire on Eric Jean Baptiste, Pere Eternal, the current secretary general of RDNP Monday morning. Listen to his AUDIO...

Ex Haitian candidate for President Eric Jean Baptiste (Pere Eternel) was shot on the road at Carrefour Feuille Monday Morning, 01 October, 2018. According to his relatives, Eric Jean Baptiste is wounded and has lost a lot of blood, according to news reports.

October first is the beginning of the fiscal year in Haiti. So get ready, it's time to pay your taxes (Impot sur le Revenu), and your vehicle tax stickers (vignette pour automobile)

Listen to this AUDIO... Former Haitian Senator Steven Benoit told journalist Valery Numa he warned ex president Rene Preval NOT to purchase new equipment for the Centre National des Equipements (CNE) with 197 Million dollars of PetroCaribe money until an investigation was made to find out what happened to the previous equipments.