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Haitian Teen to Testify in UN Abuse Scandal
Video captured on a cell phone purportedly shows U.N. peacekeepers sexually assaulting an 18-year-old boy in Haiti. (ABC News Exclusive) By LEE FERRAN and MATTHEW…
Haiti: Ban on Transporting Livestock and Humans Together-Added COMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The head of the Directorate of Traffic and the Traffic Police, the Divisional Commissioner Will Dimanche, informed that as of Monday,…
The Enduring Voice of Haiti After 60 Years, a Musical Institution Is Still on the Lookout for a New Audience
Kate Lord/The Wall Street JournalHaitian band Orchestre Septentrional performs in Brooklyn last week Deep in Brooklyn one recent night, hundreds of Haitian-Americans got a taste…
Haiti flooding kills 6, displaces hundreds
USA TodayPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – The United Nations says that flooding from two days of rainfall in Haiti has killed six people and displaced 700…
Haiti prime minister nominee clears hurdle
By Trenton Daniel Associated Press Boston GLobe: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haiti’s Senate approved President Michel Martelly’s candidate for prime minister on Tuesday, taking a critical step toward…
For 6 Decades, the Sound of Good News in Haiti ‘When the Drum Is Beating,’ About Orchestre Septentrional
Since the founding of the Orchestre Septentrional in 1948, the band’s homeland, Haiti, has endured the nearly three-decade Duvalier family dictatorship, 26 other governments, a…
Haitel network shuts down but government says closure is only temporary
10 Apr 2012 Haiti According to local press reports from Haiti, the network of struggling CDMA-based wireless operator Haitel has gone offline, just a week…
Pascale Delaunay veut être le catalyseur du changement
Dans un entretien accordé à Haitianbeatz, Pascale Delaunay a parlé de sa vie, de sa passion pour le sport et aussi de son désir de…
Le rara authentique et ses dérivés
Le Matin: Les instruments traditionnels : tambour, bambou, sifflet, fwèt kach, clairon, kone et jonc caractérisent le rara authentique. Le saxophone, la trompette, le tamtam,…
Haiti: Did a Dominican contractor give millions to Martelly?
ww4report: Several construction companies controlled by Dominican senator Félix Bautista have paid a total of more than $2.5 million to Haitian president Michel Martelly (“Sweet…
Une autre affaire de drogue !
LeMatin: Encore une affaire. De drogue, cette fois-ci. Une cargaison de cocaïne aperçue à Anse-d’Hainault le 18 mars dernier. Haïti serait redevenue un narco État,…
Unbelievable Accusations of Cocaine Shipment to “Martelly and Friends”
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht/Le Matin) – Accusations have been made that a large shipment of cocaine was collected in Anse-d’Hainault during the weekend of March 18…
On the Ground: Journalism Ethics in Haiti
By Kathie Klarreich A few months into my Knight International Journalism Fellowship in Haiti, I was conducting a training session in a radio newsroom in…
SENATE COMMISSION ON LAURENT LAMOTHE HATES HAITI AS THEY DELAY APPROVAL FOR $$$
Avril 9, 2012 Four of the senators, on the commission to decide acceptance or rejection of Laurent Lamothe’s candidacy for Prime Minister, are playing games. …
Mésentente au sein de la commission sénatoriale
LeNouvelliste: Mésentente au sein de la commission sénatoriale Le dossier du Premier ministre désigné, Laurent Lamothe, semble diviser les membres de la commission analysant ses…
Black passengers add another facet to Titanic story
A twice-overlooked passenger has local ties. Joseph Laroche and family in Paris. He was of the only black passengers on the Titanic. (Family photo /…
Mary Anastasia O’Grady on US Policy in the Americas, China and Haiti
Above: Guatemala’s Otto Perez Molina, Haiti’s Michel Martelly and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez By Alexander Britell This week, heads of state from around the region will…
Haiti aims for tourism transformation as earthquake recovery continues
Two luxury hotel properties are set to open in the next two years. Marriott More than two years after the earthquake which destroyed much of…
Venezuela’s Chavez returns to Cuba for more treatment
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned to Cuba for a third round of radiotherapy to treat a recurrence of his cancer. President Chavez announced his…
A NEW GENERATION OF CARPET BAGGERS INVADES HAITI FROM THE UNITED STATES
March 13, 2012 Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake in 2010. Since that time, has struggled to recover from this disaster that killed some…