Haiti’s President Michel Martelly departed for Caracas Friday to attend of a summit of leftist Latin American leaders hosted by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez. Martelly said he was attending the summit of the Bolivarian Alliance, known as Alba, “to explore opportunities for my country.” “Some might see it as taking a position, but I...
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BBC: Mosquitoes carry the parasite which causes malaria in humans. Worldwide malaria deaths may be almost twice as high as previously estimated, a study reports. The research, published in the British medical journal the Lancet, suggests 1.24 million people died from the mosquito-borne disease in 2010. This compares to a World Health Organisation (WHO)...
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This is the evidence that Senator Moise Jean-Charles has presented to the Haitian Parliament, as proof of Michel Martelly’s double- citizenship. Senator Jean-Charles is not noted for his brilliance, but had made a name for himself, in the Cap Haitian area, as a terrorist. His criminal record should have barred his participation, in the...
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Washington Post:MIAMI — A U.S. man died Thursday from gunshot wounds he suffered a week ago during a robbery in Haiti where he was working on an orphanage he and his wife were building through their charity, officials said. David Bompart, 50, of Columbus, Ohio, died at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he had been...
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February 2, 2012 42 Members of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate meet at Prime Minister Conille’s private residence. Martelly arrives, uninvited and unannounced. Accuses Conille of organizing some sort of plot. He attacked them verbally, calling the a bunch of Mother Fuckers…which was not diplomatic – but may have been true. In the...
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Washington Post: The Post’s View By Editorial Board, Published: February 1 HAITI’S JUSTICE SYSTEM, long an instrument of official impunity for the rich, powerful and well-connected, is busy whitewashing the human rights crimes committed under the country’s former dictator and “president for life,” Jean-Claude Duvalier. On Monday, a Haitian magistrate cleared Mr. Duvalier, known as...
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UN’S MICHEL FORST CONCERNED ABOUT ALLEGED STATUTE BARRED DUVALIER CRIMES WHILE IGNORING THOSE OF ARISTIDE & PREVAL THAT ARE VALID, NON-STATUTE BARRED CRIMES INCLUDING MURDER, KIDNAP, COCAINE TRAFICKING, THEFT OF $BILLIONS. Michel Forst concerned about the charges against Duvalier 01/02/2012 09:29:46 Arrived yesterday in Haiti, Michel Forst, the Independent Expert on the situation of...
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Tue, Jan 31 2012 * Rapes, torture and killings documented under his rule, UN says * No statute of limitations for such crimes under int’l law * Duvalier alleged to have embezzled up to $800 million By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Former Haitian dictator Jean Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier should be...
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DefendHT: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Prime Minister Garry Conille rejected the accusations of former First Lady Mirlande Manigat who said that the Haitian government moved the 2012 Carnival to Les Cayes as part of a “vast money-laundering” scheme. The Office of Communications for the Prime Minister said Conille was shocked to hear the accusations...
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