Posted in Elections

After 19 hours of debate through the night, Haiti finally gets a new prime minister

jcharles@miamiherald.com Haiti finally has a new government. Jack Guy Lafontant, a gastroenterologist with no political experience, was ratified as prime minister by the Lower Chamber…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

UN Fails Miserably to Raise Funds for Haiti

By Julianna LeMieux — March 20, 2017 Last October, following the UN General Assembly, we wrote of the urgency needed for the global health crisis occurring…

Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Women allegedly raped by UN peacekeepers in Haiti speak out -Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Ovila WoodNelson – ©aljazeera.com In Haiti By Force: UN Sex Abuse, Fault Lines speaks to Haitian women who say they were raped by UN peacekeepers…

Posted in Aristide/Preval Crime/Corruption Govt Incompentece

ARISTIDE MANIPULATES PERCEPTIONS WITH PHONY ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Mar 20, 2017 Even before Aristide left his Tabarre lair for his appearance in court, members of his entourage were discussing how the scene would…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

U.N. Accepts Blame but Dodges the Bill in Haiti

Ny Times editorial board A cholera patient at a clinic in Rendel, Haiti, being bathed with soap and water mixed with Clorox. Credit Meridith Kohut…

Posted in Ag/Farming

Tackling one-tenth of Haitian deaths and helping the environment-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

It sounds almost too good to be true: a single development investment that tackles one of Haiti’s biggest death-tolls and at the same time combats…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

A Photographer Captures Papier-Mâché and Politics on Parade in Haiti’s Jacmel

Michael Magers photographs high art and cutting cultural critiques during the annual Kanaval celebration By Jackie Mansky smithsonian.com March 20, 2017 10:45AM There had been…