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.

In addition to Haiti, Deibert has also reported extensively on Guatemala,France and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

While Deibert's work on Haiti has been praised by Haitian scholars and others, it has also been criticized for its perceived hostility to former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Articles supportive of Michael Deibert

• Indefensible: On Aristide, Violence, and Democracy by Alex Dupuy
• L’aventure onusienne en Haiti by Jean-Claude Bajeux
• Author gives insight into Haitian politics by Char Miller
• The rise and fall of Haiti's 'savior' by Don Bohning
• Anna Ferdinand on Martissant
• In Defense of Michael Deibert by Gerry Hadden

Responses to criticism of Michael Deibert

• Response to Tom Luce (second part) - Michael Deibert defending his reporting of the 2004 coup d'état in Haiti.
• Haiti, Aristide, and Some Liberals - An exchange, one of many, that Deibert had with a critic.
• Reply to Justin Podur - Comments by Michael Deibert on Justin Podur's book review.

References

• Amnesty International. (2006) Release political prisoner Annette Auguste 20 months of arbitrary detention Haiti appeal case: AI Index: AMR 36/003/2006 Accessed on July 10, 2011.
• Auguste, Anette (2004) Statement of Sò Anne from prison. Pétionville. Archived on haitiaction.net. Accessed July 13, 2011. [1]
• Barahona, Diane. (2007) How to Turn a Priest Into a Cannibal - U.S. Reporting on the Coup in Haiti. CounterPunch. Accessed July 13, 2011. [2]
• Miéville, China. (2009). Multilateralism as terror: International Law, Haiti and imperialism. Finnish Yearbook of International Law 18. London: Birkbeck ePrints. Available at [3] Accessed on July 10, 2011.
• Podur, Justin. (2006) "Kofi Annan's Haiti - Podur on Michael Deibert, Notes from the Last Testament. Untenable defence of Aristide’s overthrow New Left Review. London. Available online: [4] .pdf file: [5] Accessed on July 13, 2011.
• Wikipedia: Michael Deibert Accessed on July 6, 2011.

External links

• Photo of Michael Deibert, labeled "With Guy Philippe" Mr. Deibert is at the far right of the image - posted on michaeldeibert.com. Accessed on July 11, 2011.
• A Review of Peter Hallward’s Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide and the Politics of Containment
  • Haiti Debate: Peter Hallward Responds to Michael Deibert's Review of Damming the Flood

The media on Michael Deibert's Haiti Reporting

• UK Times' AA Gill Gets Haiti Wrong by Joe Emersberger
• The Proxy War in Martissant and Gran Ravine
• Michael Deibert and Elizabeth Eames Roebling Attack IPS Journalists Writing on Haiti
• Haiti Debate: Peter Hallward Responds to Michael Deibert's Review of Damming the Flood
• Grand Ravine's Massacre: A Response to Michael Deibert
• Haiti Debate: Peter Hallward Responds to Michael Deibert's Review of Damming the Flood

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