Month: October 2013
PetroCaribe : Haïti commence les exportations en novembre
October 13, 2013 Pour compenser la dette d’Haïti – de plus d’un milliard de dollars contractée pour l’achat de produits pétroliers – le gouvernement va…
Beauty versus poverty project
“Jalousie in colors” neglects public safety issues and residents´ needs. The project “Jalousie en colors,” organized by the government of President Michel Martelly, was started…
Haiti – Economy : Developing business relationships with Minustah-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Tuesday, October 15, the United Nations Mission for Stabilization in Haiti (Minustah) organizes in the Hotel Montana, an information seminar for the benefit of domestic…
For-profit firms offer new hope for Haiti
For-profit firms offer new hope for Haiti Companies and programs geared to create jobs October 13, 2013 12:23 am Thread International A child stands beside…
‘No Monsanto!’: World marches against GMO food
Get short URL People hold signs during one of many worldwide “March Against Monsanto” protests against Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and agro-chemicals, in Los Angeles,…
Haiti’s Imported DISASTER
NY Times- By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Published: October 12, 2013 Haiti’s cholera epidemic, now entering its fourth year, has killed more than 8,300 people and…
Un programme d’aide alimentaire pour Haïti, mais qui aide les fermiers des Etats-Unis
jeudi 10 octobre 2013 16 Enquête Article 1 d’une série de 6 P-au-P., 10 oct. 2013 [Ayiti Kale Je / AlterPresse] — Malgré les affirmations…
MORE LIES AS THE OCTOBER 30 ANTI-GOVERNMENT CROWD OF FEWER THAN 500 HAS EXPANDED TO 100,000!!!! PERHAPS THE NEXT STEP IS 1,000,000!!!-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By G. Dunkel-Workers world (far distant communist site that knows nothing about Haiti) At least 100,000 Haitians came out to march on Sept. 30 in…
Comment of the week: on the Dominican Republic and Haiti
Carrie Gibson tells us why she picked Floridatigre’s comment on her piece about new restrictions on Haitians in the Dominican Republic Bella Mackie theguardian.com, Wednesday…
Venezuela to Build 4400 New Houses in Haiti
Mérida, 10th October 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – The Venezuelan government has pledged to construct 4400 new housing units in Haiti worth around US$260 million, according to Haitian …
USAID Funded Food Voucher Program Hurt Farmers, Favored U.S. Exports
A “test” food voucher program in the Grande Anse département (province) on Haiti’s southern peninsula promoted consumption of imported rather than local food for almost 18,000…
Federal Appeals Court Addresses Landmark FCPA Case
Jaclyn Jaeger Oral arguments began today in a landmark appellate court case that will address what it means to be a “foreign official” under the…
Engel Opening Statement for Full Committee Hearing “Haiti: Is U.S. Aid Effective?”-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Washington D.C. – Congressman Eliot Engel, the Senior Democratic Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Full Committee…
Three years later and 2.2 million trees greener.
From February 2010 — when we launched the Timberland agroforestry and tree nursery program, to December 2012, we planted 2.2 million trees in Haiti’s Gonaives…
What is Happening in Haiti?
After the deadly 2010 earthquake that destroyed much of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, many progress has been made in terms of infrastructures investment, job creation and…
UN caused deadly cholera in Haiti, covered it up, lawsuit says
NBC News Dr. Nancy Snyderman of NBC News with Dieumene Bastien in Haiti. By Anna Schecter Producer, NBC News Survivors and family members of nearly…
Clinton, Four Seasons to Help Haiti Coffee Farms
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti October 9, 2013 (AP) A high-end Canadian hotel chain will soon be lending a hand to Haiti’s coffee farmers. The private foundation of…
Haiti’s displaced – How long must they clamour until they are heard?
Makeshift IDP camp in Gaston Magwon in Carrefour, a neighbourhood in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince © Amnesty International By Chiara Liguori, researcher for the Caribbean…
InselAir Director Hans Allan Theophile Found Dead-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) – The bloody and nearly headless body of Businessman Hans Allan Theophile, 75, Director of InselAir Haiti, was found early Tuesday morning…
International UN Official Pushes Compensation for Haiti Victims
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti October 8, 2013 (AP) By TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press A United Nations official on Tuesday made a rare case for compensation for the…