PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Supporters of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide have held a rally marking the 20th anniversary of the military coup that toppled the two-time leader during his first term in office. Ansyto Felix of Aristide’s Family Lavalas political party says the 1991 ouster of the populist leader was a rupture in Haiti’s long struggle...
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The Obama administration told the United Nations that too few of its 10,307 workers are being cut and average salaries, currently $119,000 a year, have risen “dramatically.” The U.S. ambassador for UN management and reform, Joseph M. Torsella, said today that the proposed $5.2 billion UN budget for the next two years would scrap...
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By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The African heads of state who converged on the capital of Equatorial Guinea this summer are used to life’s finer things – yet even they were impressed. The minuscule nation located on the coast of Central Africa spent several times its yearly education budget to...
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Irish billionaire talks Ireland, Haiti and the future of media By MOLLY MULDOON, Irish Voice Reporter You may not expect to find an Irishman contributing to a panel discussion on investment in Haiti, but businessman Denis O’Brien earned his place at the recent Clinton Global Initiative alongside former President Bill Clinton and newly appointed...
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By Delos Living: NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2011 — “Phoenix Stadium” to Revitalize Haiti’s Most Overlooked and Impoverished Community NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Morad Fareed, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Delos Living, LLC®, the pioneering developer of healthy-living real estate, today announced a commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) to...
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September 28, 2011 In a manner, guaranteed to irritate Haitian authorities, Charles D. Beeker, claiming to be from the University of Indiana has parachuted into Haiti with a goal to identify and salvage Captain Henry Morgan;s flagship, the Oxford, in waters surrounding the Isle a’Vache. As is so often the case, foreigners believe that...
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By TRENTON DANIEL, Associated Press: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s president is moving forward with a controversial campaign pledge to restore the country’s disbanded military with an initial force of 3,500 soldiers, according to a document obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. The role for the army replacing the former discredited military would be...
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L’article 157 alinéa 5 de la Constitution établit que pour être nommé Premier Ministre, il faut : « Résider dans le pays depuis cinq années consécutives ». La version créole qui fait également foi dispose que « Fok li te rete omwen senk (5) ane youn deyé lot, nanpeyi a ». Les articles 91, 96 et 135 de la Constitution...
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The Nation Online: An explosive cell phone video released earlier this month documents the alleged sexual assault of an 18-year-old Haitian man at the hands of five Uruguayan troops belonging to a contingent of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti located in the southern town of Port-Salut. As the story spreads internationally, MINUSTAH—as...
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27 September 2011 | 01:41 | Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, Uruguayan Vice President Danilo Astori on Monday apologized for the rape of 18 year old Haitian Johny Jean by members of the Uruguayan MINUSTAH detachment, during July of 2011. His comments were in contrast to Haitian President Michel Martelly’s non-speech that...
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