1. International Women’s Day is commemorated in the hemisphere 2. Study reveals impacts of Intellectual Property agreements in developing countries 3. Activists request international support for the Referendum on Water in Colombia 4. Parliament votes to abolish the Amnesty Law in Uruguay 5. Economic crisis, threats and purchasing power on the union agenda in the hemisphere 6. This Sunday 15th March, El Salvador will elect a president
1. Inscriptions are open for the IV People’s Summit 2. United States in a good moment after the meeting with Brazil but tensions continue with Mexico 3. FMLN wins Presidental elections in El Salvador 4. IADB: 50 years of financing inequality 5. UNASUR agrees to coordinate defense planning 6. Suit brought against the Pellas Group by those affected by the use of pesticides 7. Ecuador suspends NGO license 8.
President Obama has charted a course for economic recovery that will restore growth and promote broadbased prosperity. It will emphasize improvements in the living standards of American families whilereorienting our economy to meet today’s challenges – energy, the environment, and globalcompetitiveness. read more
1. Indefinite reelection triumphs with 54.36% of the votes in Venezuela 2. Grave humanitarian crisis en indigenous communities in Colombia, and resistance to megaprojects in Honduras and Mexico 3. Latin American Rural Women’s’ Conference in Uruguay 4. Social movements put renegotiation of Canada Free Trade Agreement on agenda of Obama’s visit to Canada 5. Guatemalan Judicial System approves turning over of military documentation in genocide cases
While Haitians work to prevent damage from future hurricanes, they are still recovering from the four storms of 2008. Your generous donations have helped rebuild many homes. Vivion Klemosent, who received cement and tin roofing to rebuild her home says, “Before the help came, I had no idea what I was going to do!”read more
As they wait for the government to respond, citizens in Gros Morne collect rocks each week along Rue Hypolite to extend the gabion and reinforce the riverbank. This is the only way to protect their town and keep their homes from being washed away during coming hurricanes.
Stand in solidarity with Haitian activists in Florida and beyond. Email President Obama today and ask him to stay deportations by undoing the last administration’s late-term policy reversal pending a review of U.S. immigration policy toward Haitians read more
by Mark Schuller Editor’s note: The latest in our series of guest bloggers during Haiti Solidarity Week is Mark Schuller. Mark is Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Anthropology at York College, the City University of New York and is co-producer and co-director of forthcoming documentary Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy.It has been three years since the election of René Gracia Préval as president of Haiti. The Constitution mandates new elections in Haiti in two years.
By Melinda Miles Editor’s note: Haiti Reborn welcomes Melinda Miles (formerly of the Quixote Center) to our series of guest bloggers during Haiti Solidarity Week. Melinda lives in Jacmel, Haiti and is the co-founder of KONPAY, focusing the majority of her time and resources on coalition-building and direct assistance projects for the environment.
Editor’s note: We continue our series of guest blog posts from partners throughout the US and Haiti today with one from Brian Concannon. Speaking to the issue of debt and its impact on Haitians, Brian says the current Dear Colleague letter going through Congress is a good place to start in relieving Haiti from this burden. Follow this link to email your Representative and urge them to sign onto this letter. Deadline for signatures is 5 p.m. Wednesday.
