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UN ending 13-year military peacekeeping mission in Haiti – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.N. peacekeeping mission has helped maintain order in Haiti through 13 years of political turmoil and catastrophe is coming to…

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Paul Farmer Works to Heal Haiti in ‘Bending the Arc’

NY Times: By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS OCT. 5, 2017 A young Paul Farmer in Haiti, in a still from “Bending the Arc.” Credit Partners in Health/AbramoramaA…

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Can an active hurricane season lead to an increase in earthquakes?

With Mexico still reeling from devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that occurred around the time that major hurricanes plowed through the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and…

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Lawmakers: Extend refugee protections

By J.D. Capelouto, Statehouse Correspondent Updated:   09/26/2017 11:00:45 AM EDT BOSTON — Some Massachusetts lawmakers and advocates are worried that American residents who once…

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Access to drinking water at home declining for 25 years in Haiti

Haiti Libre: According to a new World Bank study “Reducing Inequalities in Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene in the Era of the Sustainable Development Goals”…

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Truckee woman send bikes to hurricane victims

Meg Kiihne loads abandoned bikes into a U-haul on the Playa. Photo/Provided By Ally Gravina, Moonshine Ink Every year, thousands of bikes are left scattered…

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Hurricane Maria packs a Category 5 punch toward Dominica

A “potentially catatrosphic” Hurricane Maria is now a Category 5 storm, packing 160 miles per hour winds — with even higher gusts — as it…

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In Haiti, a Building Fights Cholera

John Cary FIXES SEPT. 12, 2017 A child with cholera symptoms being examined in the Cholera Treatment Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Credit Dieu Nalio Chery/Associated…

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HAITI’S LUCK IS ANOTHER’S MISFORTUNE: WE MUST TAKE TIME GOD HAS GIVEN US TO CREATE A PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE MIND-SET.

This is Thursday’s storm coverage. Read the latest with Friday’s live updates on Hurricane Irma » Hurricane Irma, an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm with…

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HAITI SITS FROZEN- INACTIVE – IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS THE FREIGHT TRAIN ROARS TOWARDS US

‘May God save us all’: Mass evacuation as Hurricane Irma makes landfall in the Caribbean with 185mph winds after swelling to the size of FRANCE…

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$170,000 donated by the Sean Penn Organization

Haiti Libre: The J/P Haitian Relief Organization (J/P HRO) of the American actor Sean Penn, in the presence of representatives of Delmas City Council and…

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Red Cross misses an opportunity to repair its image

The American Red Cross had a golden opportunity Thursday to re-establish itself as the pre-eminent U.S. disaster relief organization. It could have dispelled any lingering…

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Powerful Hurricane Irma could be next weather disaster

While much of the United States’ focus is still on Texas and the destruction left behind by Hurricane Harvey and it’s historic rainfall, powerful Hurricane…

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End of operations of the Brazilian battalion in Haiti

Haiti Libre: This Thursday, August 31, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. in Camp Jaborandy, located in Tabarre, next to the park of the Unibank, will take…

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Who is encouraging Haitians to cross the border? Canada wants to know

The Facebook posts and WhatsApp messages promising safe haven in Canada claim to have the blessing of the Canadian government. Creole-language radio stations offer up…

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U.S. welcome mat shuns Haitian immigrants- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Immigration from the Caribbean island nation of Haiti continues to be dismally low throughout the U.S., which has spurred an exodus to Canada for fear…

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Court Dismisses Remaining Lawsuit Against U.N. on Haiti Cholera- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

The last remaining class-action lawsuit against the United Nations over the cholera epidemic in Haiti was thrown out Thursday by a federal judge, who upheld…

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Haitian Students Thank Venezuela for Medical Training

The recent graduates praised the teachings of Chavez which showed them a new perspective on society and public health. Some 58 medical students from the…

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Even though they are thousands of miles apart, Haiti sometimes reminds me of growing up in Galway

Even though they are thousands of miles apart, Haiti sometimes reminds me of growing up in Galway By Ailish O’Reilly  Galway Advertiser, Thu, Aug 24,…

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Canada frets over possible huge surge in asylum-seekers: sources

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada fears a huge surge in asylum seekers crossing the border from the United States, putting political pressure on Prime Minister Justin…