By Ezra Fieser / Santo Domingo When Haitian President Michel Martelly visited the Dominican Republic last month, he was awarded the country’s highest honor for a foreign head of state, in large part for his efforts to lure reconstruction investment to Haiti after its catastrophic 2010 earthquake, which killed more than 200,000 people. In...
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Le Nouveliste: Chèf ! Haïti: Un parlementaire ou son chauffeur, voire son agent de sécurité, en conflit avec un policier, je ne comprends pas! Moi, simple citoyen, je ne vois pas comment je me trouverais en conflit direct avec un policier. Si je violais une loi, je serais obligé d’obéir à l’injonction d’un policier,...
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Andrew Palau ministers during Haiti Fun in the Son recently. A few days ago, some of gospel music’s most renowned singers hit the stage at Fun In The Son Haiti and ministered to thousands of Haitians. Among them was gospel artiste/minister, Carlene Davis and her band. They performed at the Sun Auto-Football Field in...
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MIAMI HERALD OPINION: Haiti’s government and its supporters must act quickly to end threat By The Miami Herald Editorial HeraldEd@MiamiHerald.com With the beginning of hurricane season only 40 days off, Haitians should be worried about protection from the annual onslaught of stormy weather, but instead another crisis is shaking the Caribbean’s perennially troubled country:...
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Above: Haitian President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly has temporarily suspended advisor Calixte Valentin, following his alleged involvement in the shooting of a young Haitian merchant. Valentin was arrested by police yesterday for his alleged role in the incident. Octanol Derissaint, a young merchant in his 30s, was...
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By JORGE RUEDA, Associated Press – 3 hours ago CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been out of sight for a week, speaking only through Twitter messages and written statements while undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba. The lack of any appearances on television has Venezuelans wondering about what his unusual silence...
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By David Darg and Bryn Mooser Speakeasy.com Courtesy of the filmmakers Joseph Alvyns, team captain of the Haitian Little League team the Tabarre Tigers. David Darg and Bryn Mooser live and work in Haiti. They are the co-directors of the documentary “Baseball in the Time of Cholera,” which premieres today at the Tribeca Film...
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April 21, 2012 The Haitian community has one of the best intelligence services in the area. There is not a single Florida hospital that is not filled with hundreds of Haitians, working at all levels. If a hospital had Martelly, as a patient, the Haitian community would be full of information, rumors and facts...
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Lack of news about President Hugo Chávez’s visit to Cuba is fueling rumors that his health may have worsened. Miami Herald: By Antonio Maria Delgado adelgado@elnuevoherald.com Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez — who has not been seen in public since he left last Saturday for Havana — will be back in his country next week,...
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Haiti launched a countrywide vaccination campaign to immunize millions of children against childhood killers. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, center, tours the Eliazar Germain hospital during a visit in Port-au-prince, Haiti, Monday, April 16, 2012. Sebelius is visiting Port-au-Prince to highlight the United States’ ongoing partnership with the Haitian government...
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