The first independent country of the Americas-but Eduardo Galeano asks will Haiti ever be free?
Having handed in their weapons, former child soldiers face a new battle - for acceptance into society. Seth Biderman reports.
A cartoon introduction to life in the camps in and around Port-au-Prince.
Michael Lewis explores what happens when private security companies muscle in to 'deliver aid'.
More than $10 billion was raised worldwide for Haiti after the earthquake. But, two years on, what have NGOs done with the cash? Nick Harvey investigates.
Haiti is not just recovering from the
earthquake but from the political and
economic interventions of recent decades, as
Phillip Wearne explains.
The 'war on terror' saw the west splurge its peace dividend in a frenzy of arms spending. Check out some astonishing facts and figures...
The arms trade tends to have the government's ear. Why, wonders Dinyar Godrej, when it is so counter-productive?
Derelict inner-city sites are being transformed by green-fingered volunteers, writes Anna Weston.
Andrew Feinstein examines the corrupt networks of arms deals.
On World AIDS Day, a stark reminder of how Big Pharma drug patents deny HIV treatment to the developing world.
Maize and wheat are hot assets, right up there with gold. But since investors piled into food markets, the poorest can no longer afford to eat. Hazel Healy gets to grips with the commodity speculators.
As the #OccupyWallStreet protests continue to grow, Mark Engler agrees that the bankers must be held to account for their ill-gotten gains.
Rami Zurayk says the Arab uprisings offer a unique chance to embrace food sovereignty.
Slum dwellers are using urban agriculture as a buffer to market shocks, report Danielle Nierenberg and Jessie Chang.
The scale of indigenous-led protests against mining in southern Peru took most by surprise. Vanessa Baird on what led to such flare-ups.
An estimated 73 million sharks are slaughtered every year for their fins, with 110 species now facing extinction, reports Claire C.
Undercover journalist Daniel Wiggins gives an inside view on Syria's protest movements.
From Canada to Congo, from India to Australia, indigenous communities are fighting for their lives and livelihoods.