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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September 26, 2011 $13,000 dollars US la chambre par jour pour Michel Martelly et Gro soso – Gaspillage de l’argent du peuple $500,000 dollars environ tel est le cout du voyage de Martelly pour une semaine à l’ONU avec Gros Soso, Olivier et plus de 25 autres ti zanmi et fanmi. $13, 000 la...
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Le Matin: Notre Haïti n’est plus cette île insolite des Caraïbes. C’est désormais une sorte de cage aux fous et aux folles. Une promiscuité dans la déraison qui met côte à côte nationaux et étrangers. Au chevet d’une société déréglée, des aides-soignants dérangés. Chacun y va de sa folie sanguinaire. Kidnappings meurtriers en série....
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September 24, 2011 MINUSTAH paid gangs in Cite Soleir to stage two gunfights so that MINUSTAH could use the violence to justify renewal of their Mandate in October. The gave a large amount of cash to a gang leader, known as Ti Dominican, to carry out the violence. As an added extra he killed...
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(AP) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Supporters of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier disrupted a news conference about abuses during his rule on Thursday, shouting down representatives of Amnesty International as they presented a report aimed at spurring his prosecution on charges of torture, murder and other crimes. The 40-page report contains previously unpublished testimony by dozens...
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Reaching Haiti’s cholera victims as hard as curing the disease Jacqueline Charles jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF Fabienne Lorcerie (background) talks to her team from Doctors Without Borders as a young local girl in Bois Carre, Haiti looks on. To save lives in deeply remote rural areas, Fabienne Lorcerie and her team...
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By Moni Basu, CNN September 22, 2011 — Updated 1507 GMT (2307 HKT) (CNN) — An international human rights monitor urged Haitian authorities to bring former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier to justice for alleged human rights abuses committed during his 15-year rule. Amnesty International published a new report Thursday with evidence of arbitrary...
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There is mixed news from Haiti in the last few weeks, but all of it reflects a government paralyzed by a combination of foreign meddling, an administration hamstrung by a balky Parliament, and the refusal of foreign donors to make good on pledges made in March 2010. So far less than 40 percent of...
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South Florida Caribbean News-BOSTON — The Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti calls on the United Nations to hold its peacekeeping troops, known by their French acronym MINUSTAH, legally accountable for human rights violations committed in Haiti. “MINUSTAH operates in Haiti with very little legal accountability for their action as a result of...
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By Associated Press, Published: September 19 MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — A military judge ordered five Uruguayan sailors accused of sexually abusing a young Haitian man jailed until a tribunal decides whether to dishonorably discharge them, a spokeswoman said Monday. The sailors, who were serving as U.N. peacekeepers, returned to the South American country from Haiti on...
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(AP) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s government says a plane has crashed outside the northern coastal city of Cap-Haitien. There is no immediate report on the size of the aircraft or whether there are any casualties. Haiti’s Civil Protection Office announced the accident on Twitter. It says only that firefighters are at the scene of...
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