Haiti is being suffocated by the Crime and Corruption that is running un-checked
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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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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Haïti: Depuis quelques semaines, Le Nouvelliste – plus particulièrement ses responsables à titre personnel -, reçoit des menaces d’assignation pour avoir repris une information diffusée sur les ondes par des confrères de la presse parlée. Jusqu’à présent, nous nous sommes abstenus d’en parler dans nos colonnes. Cela arrive dans la vie des institutions, et...
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The number of kidnappings in the hills above Port-au-Prince has increased as Haiti stands at a political crossroads. BY TRENTON DANIEL tdaniel@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — A trio of gunmen stormed a gated home in the well-to-do Pelerin neighborhood, shot dead a Sunrise man and kidnapped a 16-year-old relative. Gregoire-Ronald Chery, 56, died of a single...
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Published: Sept. 1, 2010 at 7:22 PM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Sept. 1 (UPI) — The number of kidnappings in Haiti has dropped sharply in recent years but U.N. police report an increase since the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. So far this year, 68 abductions have been reported, The Miami Herald said Wednesday. That’s up from...
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BY TRENTON DANIEL tdaniel@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE August 31– A trio of gunmen stormed a gated home in the well-to-do Pelerin neighborhood, shot dead a Sunrise man and kidnapped a 16-year-old relative. Gregoire-Ronald Chery, 56, died of a single shot to the head. Nadege Charlot, his cousin, continued to be held Tuesday as kidnappers demanded a...
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AUGUST 6–Along with his IRS debts, Wyclef Jean has had difficulty paying for his gaudy purchases at a New York City jeweler known for catering to musicians, according to a lawsuit previously brought against the Haitian presidential candidate. In July 2008, Jacob & Company, the Manhattan firm known for diamond-encrusted creations favored by hip-hop...
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BY NADEGE CHARLES AND JACQUELINE CHARLES ncharles@MiamiHerald.com Family members of a South Florida man were completing funeral arrangements Monday after he was killed while on vacation in Haiti and his 16-year-old cousin was kidnapped. Gregoire-Ronald Chery, 56, a Haitian fraud investigator with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, was shot to death Friday night...
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(Media-Newswire.com) August 29/10- The Secretary General of the Organization of American States ( OAS ), José Miguel Insulza, met with the President of Haiti, René Préval, in Port-au-Prince on Thursday evening to discuss in detail the progress made and the challenges faced in the country’s reconstruction effort within the framework of a program led...
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By Tamara Lush (CP) – 4 hours ago 27 Aug 10 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — An American citizen who worked for the Department of Homeland Security has been shot to death during a home invasion, his friends and officials said Sunday. Ronald Chery, a Haitian-American who worked as a fraud officer in the Miami DHS...
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