Michael Deibert

Michael Deibert (born Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1973) is an American journalist, author and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies at Coventry University.

Deibert’s writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Miami Herald, The Guardian, Folha de Sao Paulo, Le Monde diplomatique and the World Policy Journal, among other publications. From 2001 until 2003, he served as the Reuters correspondent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He has been featured as a commentator on international affairs on the BBC, Al Jazeera, Channel 4, National Public Radio and WNYC New York Public Radio.

Deibert’s first book, Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti, with an introduction by the Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck, was published by Seven Stories Press in November 2005.^[1]

In addition to Haiti^{[2] [3]}, Deibert has also reported extensively on the Democratic Republic of Congo^[4][5], France^[6][7][8] and Guatemala^[9][10].

While Deibert's work on Haiti has been praised by Haitian scholars ^{[11] [12]} and others, ^{[13] [14]} it has also been criticized by partisans of former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.^[15][16]

Michael Deibert lives in New Orleans.^[17].

Book by Michael Deibert

• Deibert, Michael (2005). Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti. New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN 10 1-58322-697-4 

References

1. ^ "Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti". Seven Stories Press. accessed=July 27,. http://www.sevenstories.com/book/?GCOI=58322100397020. 
2. ^ "The Haiti I love is still there". Salon. Jan. 23, 2010. http://www.salon.com/news/haiti/index.html?story=/news/feature/2010/01/22/haiti. 
3. ^ "The international community's responsibility to Haiti". The Guardian. 12 July 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/jul/12/haiti-earthquake-redevelopment. 
4. ^ "Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair". World Policy Journal. Summer 2008. http://michaeldeibert.blogspot.com/2008/09/congo-between-hope-and-despair.html. 
5. ^ "A Glittering Demon: Mining, Poverty and Politics in the Democratic Republic of Congo". CorpWatch. June 26th, 2008. http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15118. 
6. ^ "Two Years After Riots, Little Has Changed". Inter Press Service. Sep 24, 2007. http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39372. 
7. ^ "France's Troubled Suburbs Erupt Again". Inter Press Service. Nov 29, 2007. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40275. 
8. ^ "Riots Rage in Paris Suburb After Police Collision, an interview with NPR's Robert Siegel". National Public Radio. November 27, 2007. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16665687. 
9. ^ "Drugs vs. Democracy in Guatemala". World Policy Journal. Winter 2008/09. http://michaeldeibert.blogspot.com/2009/01/drugs-vs-democracy-in-guatemala.html. 
10. ^ "Guatemala's lonely battle against corruption". The Guardian. November 12, 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/nov/11/guatemala-mexico. 
11. ^ "Indefensible: On Aristide, Violence, and Democracy By Alex Dupuy". small axe. November 2009. http://deiberthaiti.blogspot.com/2009/12/indefensible-on-aristide-violence-and.html. Retrieved 6 July 2011. 
12. ^ "L'aventure onusienne en Haiti By Jean-Claude Bajeux". AlterPresse. 2 April 2006. http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article4420. Retrieved 6 July 2011. 
13. ^ "Author gives insight into Haitian politics By Char Miller". San Antonio Express News. 19 February 2006. http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti-archive-new/msg28091.html. Retrieved 6 July 2011. 
14. ^ "The rise and fall of Haiti's 'savior' by Don Bohning". The Miami Herald. November 25, 2005. http://www.wehaitians.com/the%20rise%20and%20fall%20of%20haiti%20savior.html. Retrieved 11 July 2011. 
15. ^ Podur, Justin."Kofi Annan's Haiti". New Left Review. January-February 2006. http://www.newleftreview.org/?view=2604. Retrieved 6 July 2011. 
16. ^ Taylor, Jeremy. Apocalypse Now By Jeremy Taylor. Caribbean Review of Books. Issue No. 8 - May 2006. Retrieved Jul 9, 2011.
17. ^ "Michael Deibert Contributor Bio". Truthdig. http://www.truthdig.com/michael_deibert. 

External links

• Michael Deibert’s homepage
• Michael Deibert's blog
• Coventry University Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies staff page

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