Georges Eddy Lucien is a History and Geography professor at the State University of Haiti. He is the director of the Dynamic Laboratory of American Worlds (LADMA, École normale supérieure), the head of the master's degree in Geography, Ecole Normale Supérieure/Paris, and a member of the coordination of the History department (ISERSS/State University of Haiti). Lucien is the author of several works on territorial recompositions and urban policies: Espaces Périphériques et Économie d'Archipel, la Trajectoire Contemporaine de la Commune de Verrettes, Éditions de l'Université d'Etat d'Haïti, 2009; Une Modernisation Manquée, Port-au-Prince 1915-1956, Volume 1 : Modernisation et Centralisation, Éditions de l'Université d'Etat d'Haïti, 2013, for which he received a distinction from the Haitian Studies Association in 2013 and Une Modernisation Manquée, Port-au-Prince 1915-1956, Volume 2 : Centralisation et Dysfonctionnements, Éditions de l'Université d'Etat d'Haïti, 2014 and published in 2015 Little Haïti, Si Loin de Dieu et si Près du Centre-ville de Miami (Barbancourt Prize).

August 1, 2024

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Haiti’s Long Struggle

Military occupation, gang violence, and popular uprising

In October 2023, the United Nations Security Council voted to “authorize the deployment of a multinational security support, headed by Kenya.” While Russia and China abstained, they too condemned “the increasing violence, criminal activities, and human rights abuses and violations…