haiti

Wyclef Jean: Haiti's Next President?

Hamilton Nolan · 07/26/10 10:39AM

According to an anonymous source and the rumor mill in general, Fugees maestro Wyclef Jean is going to announce his candidacy for President of Haiti. Hmm. Does Haiti care that he's had a few problems lately?

The Falcon and the Snowman

Max Read · 07/12/10 11:31PM

[Former President Bill Clinton and actor Sean Penn shake hands in Haiti during a memorial ceremony for the sixth-month anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Port-Au-Prince as Haitian President Rene Preval looks on worriedly. Pic via AP.]

Haiti Now Rape Central

Hamilton Nolan · 06/24/10 09:57AM

"Don't bother going to a voodoo priest. He can't help you. Don't bother calling Obama. He can't help you, either. Just give us money, or we will kill the girl."—Haitian rapist/ kidnappers' demands. Life's really not fair. [NYT]

Google's Top 10 Questions Answered

Brian Moylan · 06/02/10 04:05PM

Know how when you go to type something into Google it offers all those helpful suggestions? Here are the top 10 things that come up when people type in "Why is..." And here are the answers. Wonder no more!

Obama, King of the Haitian Post-Apocalypse

Max Read · 04/08/10 03:01AM

In the aftermath of Haiti's devastating earthquake, Obama has emerged as a leading criminal figure and "menacing underworld force" controlling a "robbery empire," reports The Washington Post. No, no, not President Obama—Haitian Gang Lord Kidnapper Obama.

Bush Wipes the Poor Off on Clinton

Pareene · 03/24/10 02:15PM

Sure, he may be uncomfortable with the impoverished, but we should just be proud of former President Bush for making is through this whole visit to Haiti without one of his trademark hilarious verbal goof-ups, like "we don't torture.")