Michael Deibert, Writer

Michael Deibert is the author of Haiti Will Not Perish: A Recent History (Zed Books), In the Shadow of Saint Death: The Gulf Cartel and the Price of America's Drug War in Mexico (Lyons Press, 2014), The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair (Zed Books, 2013) and Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti (Seven Stories Press, 2005). He can be followed at twitter.com/michaelcdeibert.

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Between us and heaven

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"Entre nous et le ciel, l'enfer ou le néant, il n'y a donc que la vie, qui est la chose du monde la plus fragile..." In l...

Saturday, March 06, 2021

Michael Deibert on BBC Newshour

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My interview about Haiti on BBC Newshour appears at the 14 minute mark here. We touch on Haiti's political crisis, the international r...

Haiti: Hoping Against Hope

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I was quoted in this week's article about The Economist on the situation in Haiti. Feb 27th 2021 Hoping against hope Can Haiti rid its...

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Rumblings of Change in Puerto Rico

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22 February 2021 Rumblings of Change in Puerto Rico The island territory is ruled by the United States but politically and socioeconomicall...

Thursday, December 31, 2020

2020: A Reporter’s Notebook of the Year That Never Was

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For me, this past year began in January over the blue-green waters of the Caribbean, as my plane headed home from Panama to Puerto Rico. A...

Books in 2020: A Personal Selection

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Arrernte rain ceremony, Alice Springs, Central Australia, c. 1895-1901. During this very strange year, these are some of the books the ma...

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Haiti’s Dangerous Crossroads

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December 21, 2020 Haiti’s Dangerous Crossroads As Haiti veers from its constitutional path and armed gangs compete for power, its civil soc...

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Michael Deibert: I am an author and journalist who focuses on Haiti, the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Mexico, Guatemala and occasionally further afield in Africa, the Americas and Europe. Hopefully, that means being of some use in the struggle of economically and socially disadvantaged people to lead more just and decent lives. Photo © Hilary Wallis

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