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Making Art in the 3rd World: Haiti’s Ghetto Biennale

Works from artists such as Laura Heyman, Jesse Darling, Andre Eugene, Peter Anderson, and Jean Herard Celeur from the biennale’s inaugural edition in 2009. In…

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Ce 14 décembre marque l’anniversaire de l’opération d’élimination physique des frères Arbouet par un commando SWAT dépêché à Léogane dans le but de bloquer l’enquête sur l’assassinat de Me Mireille Durocher Bertin.

Les Arbouet connus comme des militants devenus assassins du régime Lavalas d’Aristide étaient désignés comme bourreaux de Me Bertin. Le Ministre de l’Intérieur d’alors, Colonel…

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Could the earthquake in Haiti have been a man-made disaster?

New research confirms that extreme weather and deforestation can cause earthquakes. Bryan Nelson: If you ever doubted that human action was capable of profoundly effecting…

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Heineken swallows up Haitian brewer Brana

Charlie Wright, thegrocer.co.uk Heineken has taken total control of Brasserie Nationale d’Haiti, the leading brewer on the troubled Caribbean nation. The Dutch giant previously held…

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Cholera Fallout: Can Haitians Sue the U.N. for the Epidemic?

Time.com: By Susana Ferreira / Port-au-Prince Cholera hit Laurent Jacnel on a Sunday night last June. He was at home, in a Port-au-Prince tent camp…