Month: July 2010
Cap-Haïtien, le 2 juillet 2010 Note de Presse
L’Initiative Citoyenne (IC), une des organisations signataires de la proposition promouvant la formation d’un CEP crédible et équilibré, prend acte du mépris affiché par le…
After 5 long months and countless deaths: First meet for Clinton Haiti quake commission
By Alice Speri (AFP) – Jun 17, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE — The commission set up to oversee the five billion dollars in quake aid money pledged…
Haiti: Living in limbo Small steps forward-PHOTO GALLERY documenting progress
Story and photos by Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times A day after the devastating Jan. 12 quake, Rose Marguie Normil, 40, who had been…
Actualités Politiques : Grandes Lignes
Orlando le 2 juillet, 2010 Actualités Politiques : Grandes Lignes Avant de se rendre au sommet du G20 réuni au Canada, réagissant d’une part aux pressions de…
Out of the ruins, a new role for Haitian women
BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — Cendra Guillaume walks into the dusty depot of manly machines, passes fellow female workers, and steps into the front…
Sex, death and slaves: Welcome to Haiti’s horror carnival
Blood and black magic flow through Haiti’s history – as photographer Leah Gordon discovered when she went to Mardi Gras in the port town of…
Haitian President on tour to Venezuela, Cuba and Jamaica with elections in mind
VHeadline News Editor Patrick J. O’Donoghue reports: Haitian President Rene Preval is on a tour of Cuba, Jamaica and Venezuela in an attempt to muster…
Haïti: la reconstruction au point mort
01.07.2010 “Haïti: la reconstruction au point mort”- Michèle Striffler (PPE, F), Rapporteur Permanent du Parlement européen pour l’aide humanitaire Michèle STRIFFLER, Rapporteur Permanent pour l’Aide…
Préval closes door on elections panel revamp-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitian President René Préval said Wednesday that suggestions by a ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee…
Haiti’a Camps of Despair-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Port-au-Prince- A raucous crowd surges from between two rows of tightly packed tents in Camp Dadadou, and from the middle of it, a young woman…
Brazil’s Stunning World Cup Loss Reportedly Drives Fan to Suicide
Holland’s (The Netherlands) surprise 2-1 upset over World Cup powerhouse team Brazil today in a quarterfinals match is being felt all over the world, for…
Still homeless from Haiti earthquake, thousands fight forced evictions
Six months on, the government has yet to secure adequate shelter for many of the 2.1 million people made homeless by the Haiti earthquake. Some…
High-Seas Repo Man Max Hardberger
In sea ports the world over, a small bribe paid to a local official allows “white collar pirates” to seize ships from their legitimate owners….
Haitian boy receives corneal transplant, his only chance at sight.
By: Ashley Yarchin KSDK — It shook the island nation of Haiti and today ripples of that devastating earthquake are still being felt worldwide, especially…
Port au Prince, 1e juillet 2010 Lettre ouverte aux Collègues Parlementaires des Etats Unis
Chers Collègues du Congrès et du Sénat Américain, La Constitution Haïtienne en vigueur, en ayant consacré le principe de la séparation des pouvoirs systématisé par…
Editorial: Helping the Haitians
With so much else on his plate, President Obama can be forgiven for not giving Haiti the same attention it received after a devastating earthquake…
Ask AP: Turkey and Israel, Haiti’s slow progress
By The Associated Press The Associated Press Friday, July 2, 2010; 10:27 AM — An enormous amount of money has been sent to Haiti to…
In Haiti, middle class, impoverished share same despair-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — After he lost everything in the Haiti earthquake, a lawyers’ group gave attorney Clauvy Robas a tent to sleep…
René Préval, farouche défenseur du CEP chargé d’arbitrer les présidentielles
Le chef de l’Etat confirme la tenue des élections présidentielles et législatives le 28 novembre et prend la défense de l’institution électorale qui serait “injustement…