Wyclef is not in Haiti right at the moment. There is a reason why he has not spoken publicly about his announcement to run for President of Haiti in November 2010. He took a flight at the last moment to meet with Aristide in South Africa.
Read more »
By JOHN BRESNAHAN & JONATHAN ALLEN | 8/1/10 7:49 PM EDT Updated: 8/1/10 10:17 PM EDT From left: Charlie Rangel, Jesse Jackson Jr., Maxine Waters, and Gregory Meeks are involved in cases that are raising questions about race and whether black lawmakers face more scrutiny over allegations of ethical or criminal wrongdoing than their...
Read more »
BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com He’s already the president of Haitian konpa music, and now Michel Martelly, aka Sweet Micky, may be seeking another kind of presidential office — that of his native Haiti. Martelly is the latest celebrity to eye the upcoming Nov. 28 presidential balloting in quake-shattered Haiti, confirming to The Miami Herald...
Read more »
By Clarens RENOIS (AFP) – 19 hours ago PORT-AU-PRINCE — Election candidates in Haiti are jockeying this week ahead of a registration deadline for key November polls, the first since January’s deadly earthquake. The vote is seen as a key step towards rebuilding the country and its political institution, and has attracted speculation that hip...
Read more »
By LAURIE KELLMAN (AP) – 1 day ago WASHINGTON — Calls for Rep. Charlie Rangel’s resignation rained down on Capitol Hill late Friday from House Democrats who said more than a dozen ethics charges against the 20-term lawmaker showed a disregard for the rules and undermined the public’s confidence in Congress. The calls came...
Read more »
Waters plans House trial to fight ethics charges Congresswoman denies misusing office to aid bank partly owned by husband SHE SHOULD ALSO EXPLAIN WHY SHE MISUSED HER COLOR – BLACK – TO PLAY THE HAITIAN GAME WHEN SHE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST IN WHAT HAPPENED TO HAITI’S 9,000,000 POOR WASHINGTON — Rep. Maxine Waters,...
Read more »
A thickening hopelessness hangs over the 1.5 million displaced people who await more durable shelters. ‘I hope the international community can keep our hope alive, because it’s fading,’ one said. Reporting from Corail-Cesselesse, Haiti It was when lightning struck her tent the other day that Marie Vernita Lysius realized that the 6-month-long chain of...
Read more »