Month: January 2014
5 Great Places To Visit in Haiti
Jacmel Jacmel is one of the many gems that you will discover in Haiti. Once called the pearl of the Caribbean, this incredible and diversified…
Lack of political will allows ex-dictator Duvalier to escape justice -Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
A lack of political will and court delays are allowing Haiti’s former “president-for-life,” Jean-Claude Duvalier, to escape justice. © AP GraphicsBank “ It appears that…
Haiti: Lavalas expels two populist politicians
Submitted by Weekly News Update… on Tue, 01/14/2014 – 12:35 Division and confusion marred Dec. 16 celebrations by Haiti’s Lavalas Family (FL) party in Port-au-Prince…
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Mosquito-borne virus spreading in Caribbean
By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press AP Photo/James Gathany KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A mosquito-borne virus appears to be spreading quickly in the Caribbean during the…
Four years after the Haiti earthquake, what have billions in US aid bought?-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In the four years since Haiti’s disastrous earthquake, the United States has promised $3.6 billion in aid, at least $2.8 billion of…
Of the 68 earthquakes worldwide in the past 24 hours, 55 have been on the North coast of Puerto Rico
It was 54 a second ago, but there is another one letting go right now…. We should all turn to the person beside us, and…
4 Years Of Oklahomans Helping Haiti Through Mission Of Hope
By Deanne Stein, News 9 – bio | email A little boy sits next to his house in a refugee camp for displaced people in…
Four years after quake, Haitians remember their dead, celebrate life
By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@MiamiHerald.com LÉOGANE, Haiti — They prayed underneath tarps held together with plastic pipes, sat on cinder blocks behind a destroyed Cathedral while…
GlobalPost’s continuing effort to answer an elusive, multi-billion-dollar question: “After Haiti’s devastating earthquake, where did the aid money go?”
New hospital encourages doctors to stay as Haiti continues to rebuild Medical residencies at the Partners in Health hospital in Mirebalais are preparing the next…
Haiti marks devastating earthquake anniversary
The cathedral in Port-au-Prince was destroyed by the quake The people of Haiti have been remembering the victims of a devastating earthquake that struck the…
Pope Names 19 New Cardinals, Focusing on the Poor Including one from Haiti
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press Pope Francis named his first batch of cardinals on Sunday, choosing 19 men from Asia, Africa, Latin America and elsewhere,…
Safety still a luxury for Haitian builders
Better-funded projects are built to survive earthquakes By TRENTON DANIEL, Associated Press Published: January 11, 2014, 10:14 PM A Marriott hotel, center, and Digicel office,…
Four years after the earthquake, Haiti looks to turn disaster into promise
By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@MiamiHerald.com CANAAN, Haiti — The sun-baked cinderblocks in Claude Saint-Elys’ dirt yard are an eroding reminder of the dream: a two-bedroom house…
Haiti’s French/Creole divide
PIERRE By JACQUES PIERRE jacques.pierre@duke.edu It was sunny as usual in Little Haiti, a small Haitian enclave in Miami where the predominant language is Haitian…
Celebs show philanthropic side at Haiti benefit
Michael Douglas arrives at the 3rd Annual Sean Penn & Friends HELP HAITI HOME Gala on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 at the Montage Hotel in…
Haiti to plant millions of trees to boost forests and help tackle poverty
The Guardian.com Government-backed campaign aims to double Caribbean country’s forest cover by 2016 Haiti was once covered in verdant forests but land clearance for colonial…
Seize équipes pour disputer la nouvelle saison
En présence de Gary Nicolas (vice-président), Monique André, Pierre André Myrville, Gabriel Rigaud Junior, Varieno Saint-Fleur (membres), Carlo Marcelin, (secrétaire général) de la FHF et…
Canada’s Aid to Haiti Supports Its Own Economic Interest Not Haiti’s Development – Report
An alliance of Quebec human rights groups raised an alarm Thursday as it released a study that questions the efficacy and ethics of Canada’s efforts…
Haiti Doesn’t Build Stronger After Quake, Gaps Remain
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti January 11, 2014 (AP) By TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press On a steep hillside on the edge of Haiti’s capital, Pacha Jeudy slaps soupy…