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Analysis by Michael Reilly At first blush, the earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand on Saturday was the spitting image of the one that ravaged Haiti in January. Each was a powerful magnitude 7.0 quake, and each occurred on a strike-slip fault near a major population center. The similarities end there. Reports out of...
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Wall Street Journal Questions were supplied to President Jean-Claude Duvalier in English. He replied in French.  Following the English/French version is one in which we have provided an English/English versions so the entire world can absorb the interview. These are followed by a comment by HAITIAN-TRUTH.ORG ***** The interview: 1 .The Swiss and Haitian...
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Septmber 4, 2010 René Préval à l’écoute des médias Le président René Préval a eu une conversation téléphonique vendredi avec le rédacteur en chef du Nouvelliste, Frantz Duval. Le président voulait s’enquérir des nouvelles du journal, suite à la publication de l’article « Faire taire la presse ». Au cours de leur entretien, Duval...
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Orlando le 3 septembre, 2010 Actualités Politiques : Grandes Lignes Peut-on persister à ignorer totalement le fait que sur le territoire d’Haïti, il y a une nouvelle force hégémonique méridionale émergente, qui est en train de faire son apprentissage depuis plus de 6 ans, de juin 2004, date de l’arrivée des troupes multinationales onusiennes...
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3 September 2010 – The United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti has unveiled three drainage and canal rehabilitation projects that it hopes will boost employment and reduce violence in troubled neighbourhoods of a major city.The projects will benefit the districts of Goya, Petite Anse and Ti Riviere in the northern city of Cap Haïtien,...
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Agence France-Presse September 3, 2010 A growing use of weapons and cocaine trading through quake-stricken Haiti threaten stability ahead of key November elections, the United Nations said Thursday. A new report on the impoverished Caribbean state, where a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Jan. 12 killed 250,000 people, said criminal gangs are increasing their grip...
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A FREE-AND-FAIR FARCE The  reader should think carefully.With the exception of sophisticated nations like Canada, the USA, France, England, Japan…EEC..….etc,  there has never been a situation in which the government in power, lost. The government in power controls all of the factors and is not about to give these control levers to anyone else....
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In Haiti, where money is scarce, campaigns a costly endeavor BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com Even before being deemed qualified to run, presidential hopefuls in impoverished Haiti faced a hefty bill: a $12,500 nonrefundable filing fee. Now they are finding that the amount will only get steeper as campaign season begins to sizzle this month....
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Santo Domingo, Sept. 3 (CNA) Although Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the same island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, they are worlds apart. Haiti is often deemed as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with four of five people living below poverty line. The history of this small, heavily deforested Caribbean country...
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