Category: Elections
Will Haitians ever see their votes count in a real Election?
The Trump Administration Is Reviewing Crime by Haitians as It Weighs Protected Status Eligibility
By Osita Nwanevu Aerial views of Jeremie, 188 kilometers west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Oct. 10, 2016, following the passage of Hurricane Matthew.Nicolas Garcia/AFP/Getty Images…
Important European recommendations
Haiti Libre: Following the two Electoral Observation Missions (EOMs) and the European Union (EU) Election Experts Mission in Haiti Elena Valenciano, the EOM’s Chief Observer,…
Former Vikings Jack Brewer, Byron Chamberlain Give Back to Haitian Community
Photos by Karston Tannis Jack Brewer has long-enjoyed spending time giving back in Haiti, but bringing along former Vikings teammate Byron Chamberlain made his most…
AP Exclusive: US Wants Tally of Haitian Immigrants’ Crimes
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 9, 2017 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is taking the unusual step of hunting for evidence of crimes committed by Haitian immigrants as…
Haiti – Economy : Towards an increase in the price of fuels at the pump-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth.com
Haiti – Economy : Towards an increase in the price of fuels at the pump 08/05/2017 11:49:15 Last week, Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant confirmed…
Haiti – France : Jovenel Moïse welcomes the victory of Emmanuel Macron
“President Jovenel Moïse welcomes the victory of the leader of the Party ‘En Marche’, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, in the second round of the French presidential…
PRIVERT COUP DE GRACE
Mai 6, 2017 Presque tous les ministères et institutions autonomes du pays sont endettés. Lors d’une conférence de presse tenue le jeudi 4 mai à…
Haiti – Politics : DR asks UN to help Haiti with «more actions than words»
Friday, Dominican Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Vargas Maldonado asked Antonio Guterres, the new Secretary General of the United Nations, that international solidarity with Haiti…
Towards cost-effective projects in Haiti
Wednesday, as part of the presentation of the first results of the project “Haiti Priorise” Aviol Fleurant, Minister of Planning and External Cooperation and Bjorn…
Report Proposes Offering Legal Aid to Curtail Prison Overcrowding in Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Haiti’s prisons are the most overcrowded in the world A recent report advocates increasing legal assistance for Haiti’s prisoners awaiting trial, an initiative that could…
Candidate Trump told Haitians he was ‘your greatest champion.’ Now he wants to deport them
By Fabiola Santiago For a fanatically anti-immigrant presidential candidate, Donald Trump’s campaign stop to hobnob with members of Miami’s Haitian community and make campaign promises…
Haiti’s debt of more than 200 billion Gourdes
As of March 31, 2017, Haiti had a cumulative debt of more than 200 billion Gourdes, ie nearly 39% of the Gross Domestic Product (more…
Towards the replacement of Senator Guy Philippe
Haiti Libre: Pending the verdict of the American justice against the elected Senator Guy Philippe, on July 5, the guilty plea of the Senator and…
Trump must do better by Haitians than Obama did
BY PATRICIA ELIZEE patricia@elizeelawfirm.com Currently, an estimated 58,000 Haitians are living in the United States with Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS is a special immigration…
LES SILENCES DU NOUVELLISTE
LES SILENCES DU NOUVELLISTE Avril 27, 2017 La démocratie, c’est le régime de la parole, de la parole libre et responsable.. Le Nouvelliste, doyen de…
500 Disney World Workers Affected if Haitian Status Ends
Getty Images A union representing Walt Disney World workers says 500 Haitian workers at the theme park resort could be affected by a Trump administration…
Haiti’s Philippe pleads guilty to accepting millions from drug smugglers
By Jay Weaver and Jacqueline Charles jweaver@miamiherald.com Guy Philippe, an elected Haitian senator and former police commander who eluded capture in Haiti for more than…
Renew protected status for Haitians
Boston Globe- There was at least one immigrant group that President Trump didn’t demonize relentlessly while he was campaigning for the White House. “Whether you…
Official: U.S. Government Can Resume Deporting Haitian Migrants in January
The Trump administration could resume deporting Haitian immigrants in January, a move made possible by the Obama administration. In a letter obtained by USA Today, James McCament,…