DAILY REPORTS, Direct From Haiti
Young surfers launch initiative to attract tourists to impoverished country’s pristine beaches. Haiti, a country known for having one of the highest poverty rates in the world, is still struggling to recover from a massive earthquake in 2010 that killed more than 100,000 people, destroyed much of the Carribean country and sparked a deadly...
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July 30, 2014 President Martelly promised a free education – for all children in Haiti. He really means this but some, close to him, work to make this an impossibility. Greed is good! The loss of Vanneur Pierre, as Minister of Education, was a loss to the children of Haiti. His replacement, by N....
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July 29, 2014 The Carnival des Fleurs has seen a three day success as hundreds of thousands packed downtown Port-au-Prince for the festivities. Aristide had planned to disrupt this event with a team of agitators, creating an event that could have swept the scene with panic. Foreknowledge of Aristide’s plan effectively defused what could...
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Haiti Libre: Resolutely focused towards its commitment to build 150 schools in Haiti by September 2014, the Digicel Haiti Foundation is accelerating its efforts to get there. Digicel Foundation has announced that, in three weeks, it has opened 7 new schools in the department of the Center, the North and the North-east. With the...
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July 26, 2014 Over the past week members of the Aristide inner circle have been discussing the possibility of using this week’s Carnival as a focal point for the creation of chaos. Aristide has always depended upon chaos and instability to gain his goals and he requires some action that will change the course...
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Updated July 26 Dans l’ univers magique de la politique haïtienne,rires et sourires semblent des signes annonciateurs d’évènements comme la tempête. On se souvient de ceux de l’Etat-Major, suivis du coup d’état contre Leslie F. Manigat. Aujourd’hui, on enregistre ceux du Ministre de l’Economie et des Finances, Marie Carmel Jean Marie, a l’intronisation du...
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July 20, 2014 Updated July 26 Haiti is too quick to forget past outrages! We must remember that it was Evens Paul who, as Mayor of Port-au-Prince, put the mob on the streets at 11 A.M. election day, 1990 as the French ambassador announced Aristide’s victory, many hours before the polling stations were scheduled...
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July 9, 2014 Updated July 26 Marie-Carmelle Jean-Marie has resigned – again – this time in preparation for a campaign to become President of Haiti or, at the minimum, Provisional President of some sort of governmental structure, supported by certain American elements that have also favored the return of Garry Conille. Watch for interesting...
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Soccer match at Mano Sanon Soccer Park LITTLE HAITI, Fla. - Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly played soccer with Miami politicians and Haitian-American officials in Miami’s Little Haiti Friday night. City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and Commission Vice-Chair Keon Hardeman hosted the game that began about 7 p.m. at the Emmanuel “Manno” Sanon...
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