Only the Essentials

This photo is pretty self-explanatory.  Standing in the middle of Delmas, which is one of the main roads that cuts through Port-au-Prince, there was this boy selling balloon animals.  Now, you can buy practically anything in the streets of PAP, from car chargers to clothing to blenders, but this, for me, was a first.  I [...]

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A Very Olie Christmas

One of the bummers about living in Haiti is that the classic Christmas jingle “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” is never really true here.  Sure they have a few buildings with decorations and there are French Christmas carols on the radio, but the weather stays pretty much exactly the same, there are [...]

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Praying For Change

A man looks to the skies while protesting the results of the November 28th elections in front of the presidential palace. Today is Sunday, which means most Haitians are in church.  Instead of the chants of political protesters, you hear the chants of churches filled with songs and prayer, which is a nice change of [...]

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And On The Third Day, They Rested…

Today was surprising calm in PAP, with few protests or road-blocks.  In fact, the only thing that I actually took a picture of in the city was the street kid above, and that was only because he asked me to take it.  The rains returned for another day, and helped to wash the black soot, [...]

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CEP Anounces Vote Recount as Protests in PAP Continue

Port-au-Prince is still on lock-down after thousands of protesters took to the streets for a second day contesting the results of Haiti’s November 28th elections.  “If they don’t make Martelly president by the end of today,” one protester explained while following a group marching through the streets of Petionville, “then we will burn the city [...]

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Haiti Riot Coverage By Yours Truly

For those of you who wonder what I do to bring home the bacon, the video below includes a little bit of that. It’s just a small phone interview about the situation that was put into a piece for NBC Nightly News, but I think it turned out well! Also, I co-wrote an article for [...]

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Riots Cripple Port-au-Prince As UN Troops Fight Protesters With Force

Tens of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Port-au-Prince Wednesday, leaving the city crippled after the results of the November 28th presidential elections were announce late Tuesday night.  The protesters, many of which were supporters of Michel Martelly who was left out of the country’s January 16th second-round run-off, erected roadblocks at practically every [...]

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Violent Protests Erupt in Port-au-Prince After Election Results Are Released

The streets of Port-au-Prince are filled with violent protests tonight after the Provisional Electoral Committee (CEP) released the results of an election that has been fraught with allegations of widespread fraud and irregularities.  In a press conference at a concert hall in Petionville, CEP Spokesman, Richard Dumel, read the results as throngs of local reporters [...]

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