September 16, 2011 Everyone was horrified by the video-taped assault on 18 year old Haitian Johny Jean, by members of MINUSTAH’S Uruguayan navy detachment at Port Salut. MINUSTAH’s preliminary investigation of the crime and police report, filed with Haiti’s PNH, resulted in yet another whitewash as MINUSTAH released statements, to the effect, that absolutely...
Read more »
By ANSEL HERZ, MATTHEW MOSK and RYM MOMTAZ PORT-SALUT, Haiti, Sept. 2, 2011 UPDATED Sept 17, 2011 Haitians in this remote seaside town are demanding an investigation into allegations that United Nations peacekeeping troops pinned down an 18-year-old Haitian man and subjected him to...
Read more »
By MATTHEW MOSK, BRIAN ROSS (@brianross) and ANSEL HERZ Jan. 9, 2012 The case against five United Nations peacekeepers caught on tape in an alleged sexual assault on a Haitian teenager has apparently stalled and the accused soldiers have been freed, a UN official...
Read more »
January 27, 2012 When Aristide departed, the American government stood aside as the French sent forces into Haiti. The United States then abandoned Haiti to the UN when all the Haitians wanted was 300 Marines. Now French Chancellor Alain Juppe has promised the Martelly...
Read more »
RocklandCountyTimes.com: Two of the Haitian community’s best newspapers have entered into a Joint Operating Agreement to streamline advertising and business operations, the publishers announced. The newspapers – The Haitian Times and Haiti Liberté – have different audiences and the combined circulation will be about...
Read more »
By Ian Birrell The first thing that strikes you is the smell: a sweet, sickly stench that sticks to your skin. It is worst in the morning, since women are terrified of risking a nocturnal trip to the handful of lavatories serving the thousands...
Read more »
Huffington Post/Arts Carine Fabius Author, art dealer, museum curator What if Death had style? What if Death wore black sunglasses, liked to dance, smoke cigars and drink rum? What if he loved to indulge in bawdy sexual references (yes, in this case, Death is...
Read more »
EDITORIAL;The court system in Haiti has arrived at a point in time where it must, and I repeat MUST, give Jean-Claude Duvalier a clean bill of health. In actual fact, he is not guilty of any crimes against humanity, or inhumanity. He is not...
Read more »
by Crystal Gammon, OurAmazingPlanet Contributor – Jan 26, 2012 Haiti’s quake history from 1900-2010. The depths and magnitudes are indicated. Credit: USGS. The magnitude-7.0 earthquake that shook Port-au-Prince, Haiti, two years ago nearly demolished the city and took both residents and geologists by surprise....
Read more »
Coffee grown in Haiti, roasted in The Woodlands How one local church is bringing fair trade to farmers in one of the world’s poorest countries. Published 01/26/2012 | By Bryan Shettig-Woodlandsonline THE WOODLANDS, Texas –– High up in the mountains of Haiti, farmers in...
Read more »
C’est un point de vue appréciable. C’etait juste quelques refexions dues a une reaction d’enervement contre l’hypocrisie de la politique et les mensonges de l’Histoire J.C. Fignolé Histoire ou petite histoire? La question de la double nationalite alimente de facon recurrente les crises politiques...
Read more »
AP Interview: Haitian leader could pardon Duvalier By NIKO PRICE | Associated Press Haiti’s president suggested Thursday that he might pardon former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, saying reconciliation for his nation is more important than making the man known as “Baby Doc” pay for his...
Read more »
NASA has released a breath-taking high-definition image of our fair planet from space. The 64-megapixel image was captured by the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA’s most recently launched Earth-observing satellite – Suomi NPP. According to NASA, the image is a a composite that uses a...
Read more »
January 25, 2012 Laurent Lamothe received a surprise request, during his visit to France. Pressure is on the Martelly government. The clock is ticking. Alain Juppé, France’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of France has pressed Haiti’s Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Lamothe for...
Read more »
$300 House Project targets Haiti Dennis Ng / The Dartmouth Staff More photos » By Isobel Markham Published on Thursday, January 26, 2012 Facing a packed lecture hall in the Tuck School of Business, international business professor Vijay Govindarajan, the pioneer of the $300...
Read more »
By Karen Jacobs LOS ANGELES | Thu Jan 26, 2012 (Reuters) – Best Western, the mid-scale hotel chain that operates in more than 100 countries, is planning to open an upscale hotel in Haiti to cater to business travelers. The hotel, slated to open...
Read more »
HuffingtonPost: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s biggest employer has named a new chief executive to run Digicel, the mobile phone company announced Wednesday. The Jamaica-based private company is bringing in Damian Blackburn to replace Maarten Boute, who will be leaving in March to spend more...
Read more »
January 25, 2012 PRIME MINISTER GARRY CONILLE CALLED BEFORE PARLIAMENT TO EXPLAIN HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH $458,000,000 IN 3 QUESTIONABLE CONTRACTS INVOLVING DOMINICAN SENATOR BAUTISTA…RUMORS SUGGEST $44,000,000 SKIMMED OFF TOP.
Read more »
Geo Tactical Solutions (GTS) promotes the use of advanced GPS cameras and photo mapping technology for disaster response and management at IDCE 2012. Geospatial photo technology played an essential role in the 2010 Haiti earthquake relief efforts and continues to be an important element...
Read more »
LeNouvelliste:Le jeune gouvernement de Garry Conille risque d’être amputé par le Sénat, qui a diligenté une enquête sur la nationalité du président de la République, du chef de gouvernement, des ministres et secrétaires d’État. La commission d’enquête serait prête à démasquer deux membres du...
Read more »
Le Nouvelliste:Présumé sodomisé et battu par des soldats uruguayens de la Minustah basés à Port-Salut, Johny Jean, depuis l’année dernière, est sous les feux des projecteurs. Le président uruguayen, José Mujica, est même intervenu pour présenter des excuses à son homologue haïtien, Michel Joseph...
Read more »
Huffington Post:Laura Bassett As filmmaker Michele Mitchell prepares to screen her new documentary film, “Haiti: Where Did the Money Go?,” on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon, the American Red Cross is scrambling to defend itself against the film’s implication that NGOs misused the billions of...
Read more »
By Associated Press,Washington Post: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s government has kicked off a program that it hopes will provide meals to 2.2 million school children across the country. The effort is called “Aba Grangou,” Haitian Creole for “Down With Hunger,” and will enlist 10,000...
Read more »