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US-Haiti Envoy Urges Patience on Recovery-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Photo: AP U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Kenneth Merten (2010 file photo) VOA NEWS: The U.S. ambassador to Haiti Kenneth Merten says it will take years…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Why Are Some Countries Rich And Others Poor?

By NPR People: Adam Davidson Why are some nations rich and others poor? In a new book called Why Nations Fail, a pair of economists…

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Haiti – Education : 100 motorcycles at the service of education

Haiti Libre – Education : 100 motorcycles at the service of education The President Michel Martelly, has proceeded, this Thursday, March 15, to the delivery…

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Haiti: Senators Risk Losing Credibility, says Mirlande Manigat -Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:17 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – “If senators put an end to the inquiry into the nationality of head of state without…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Shelters Don’t Shelter Haiti’s Needy-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Rosemie Durandisse stands with one her children in front of her temporary home. Credit:Fritznelson Fortuné/IPSHILLS ABOVE LÉOGÂNE, Haiti, Mar 15, 2012 (IPS/Haiti Grassroots Watch) –…

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Rains Hit Haiti But Thousands Of Quake Victims Still Live In Tents

Bernama.comPORT AU PRINCE, March 16 (BERNAMA-NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The first rains of the rainy season have hit Haiti where about 500,000 victims of the quake…

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RESULTATS SONDAGE QUESTION: EST-CE QUE LE SENAT DE LA REPUBLIQUE DEVRAIT SANCTIONNER MOISE JEAN CHARLES?

RESULTATS SONDAGE QUESTION:  EST-CE QUE LE SENAT DE LA REPUBLIQUE DEVRAIT SANCTIONNER MOISE JEAN CHARLES?

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Embassy Row: Haiti President, an American?

The Washinton Times: The U.S. ambassador to Haiti has been drawn into a controversy over whether President Michel Martelly, a former pop singer in Miami,…

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Coast Guard discloses nearly two-ton Caribbean coke bust

Miami Herald By CAROL ROSENBERGcrosenberg@miamiherald.com US COAST GUARD PHOTO The U.S. Coast Guard released this photo of crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Northland seizing…

Posted in Ag/Farming Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haiti and Dominican Republic to Facilitate Trade With European Union Plan

Caribbean Journal Above: the area near the Massacre River in the Dominican Republic By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic has signed a $54.7…

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Haiti: Senate Begins Ratification Process of Prime Minister-Designate

Wednesday, 14 March 2012 08:33 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The Senate launched Tuesday evening in plenary for the process of ratification of the Prime Minister-designate,…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

“Haiti is not yet open for business”, says Former Justice Minister Bernard Gousse

Wednesday, 14 March 2012 06:41 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – “Haiti is not yet open for business,” said lawyer Bernard Gousse during his speech at the second…

Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA

Two Pakistani UN soldiers jailed for raping Haitian boy

BBC:Two United Nations peacekeepers from Pakistan have been sentenced to a year in prison and sacked from the army for raping a 14-year-old boy in…

Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Looting Haiti

Bank robber Willie Sutton said he targeted banks because “that’s where the money is.” While most would disapprove of his ethics, few would argue with…

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Haiti: “U.S. Ambassador may have to formalize statement on Martelly,” says Senator Cassy -Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:36 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Senator Nènèl Cassy (Nippes/Inite), a member of the special commission conducting the investigation on nationality, described…

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Judge delays decision on cutting Haitian drug lord’s prison sentence

The Miami Herald – BY JAY WEAVER – February 21, 2012 A federal prosecutor Tuesday recommended cutting one-time Haitian drug lord Jacques Ketant’s 27-year prison…

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Ex-Haiti official convicted in U.S. for corruption

(Reuters) – A former senior telecommunications official in Haiti has been convicted in federal court in Miami for accepting $500,000 in bribes from two U.S….

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Haiti: Nine Gunmen on Motorcycles Murder Police Officer, Injure Others

PORT-DE-PAIX, Haiti (defend.ht) – A squad of nine gunmen on motorcycles opened fire Monday morning on a police patrol killing one police officer, in a…

Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Two Pakistani UN soldiers jailed for raping Haitian boy

BBC: Two United Nations peacekeepers from Pakistan have been sentenced to a year in prison and sacked from the army for raping a 14-year-old boy…

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Op-Ed: Haiti: Impunity or Justice?-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Caribbean Journal.com By Irwin P Stotzky Op-Ed Contributor Two years and two months after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti killing approximately 350,000 people, leaving several…