Month: December 2011
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund gives $1.5 million in grants to hotel, education, tech sectors
By Associated Press, PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund says it hopes $1.5 million in grants will help Haiti build its hotel, education…
Deflecting Attention away from Failure in the IDP Camps~Smoke and Mirrors in Haiti
by MARK SCHULLER In many senses the lack of progress following Haiti’s earthquake centers on housing. Assessing the damage, a team evaluated 382,256 housing units…
It’s Destination Haiti for Compassionate Local Pilots
A 767 with 506 pounds of boxed toys is to take off from Miami Thursday. NBC Miami: Some local pilots aim to beat the Christmas…
Allocution de M. Jean-Claude Duvalier prononcé à l’occasion de la cérèmonie de graduation de la promotion Robert Blanc de l’Ecole de droit et des Sciences Economiques des Gonaïves.
Monsieur le délégué ; Monsieur le maire et les membres du Conseil municipal de la ville des Gonaïves Monsieur le doyen du tribunal de première…
Le 17 décembre 2001, plusieurs membres du parti Mouvement chrétien pour une nouvelle Haïti (MOCHRENA), basé dans l’Artibonite, ont été assassinés par le chef de Gang “ARMEE CARNIBALE” Amiot Métayer. Il révèle qu’Aristide lui avait donné l’ordre de tuer.
Avant son assassinat par un criminel engagé par Jean-Bertrand Aristide pour l’éliminer parce qu’il était devenu encombrant, le chef de Gang Amiot Métayer a révélé…
Haiti: U.N. Investigates Media Reports of Attacks by Brazilian Peacekeepers-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
NY Times.com The United Nations said Friday that it was investigating allegations of assault and attempted homicide by peacekeepers in Haiti. Local media have reported…
DECEMBER 16 ANNIVERSARY OF 1991 ARISTIDE ELECTION MARKED BY RALLY THAT VERY FEW ATTENDED, EVEN AS DUVALIER DREW THOUSANDS IN GONAIVES
December 16, 1991 Dr. Maryse Narcisse, coordinator of the Executive Committee of Fanmi Lavalas was at a loss to explain why Aristide did not attend…
UN has taken Haiti cholera claims “very seriously”: spokesman
xinhuanet.com:UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — The United Nations takes seriously the accusation that it may have caused a 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti, UN…
DUVALIER VISITS CABARET, MONTROIS, ST. MARC AND GONAIVES – WELCOMED BY MASSIVE CROWDS AT EACH STOP – GODFATHER OF LAWYERS’ GRADUATING CLASS AT UNIVERSITY IN GONAIVES
December 16, 2011 Former President Jean Claude Duvalier swept up the coast, to Gonaives, stopping along the way to meet with mobs of Haitians who…
Cholera in Haiti-Added Audio clip
Almost seven thousand people have died of cholera in Haiti over the past year. It’s by far the largest outbreak in the world today. But…
Chirac Gets Suspended Jail Term
BY INTI LANDAURO PARIS—A French court on Thursday sentenced former President Jacques Chirac to a two-year suspended jail term after his conviction on graft charges,…
Jacques Chirac déclaré coupable de détournement de fonds publics
Jacques Chirac déclaré coupable de détournement de fonds publics Le tribunal correctionnel a condamné l’ancien président français Jacques Chirac à deux ans de prison avec sursis…
Haiti – Economy : The budget 2011-2012 will be tabled in Parliament in January 2012
Yesterday after his meeting with the Commission Finance of Senate, http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-4481-haiti-economy-scarcity-of-the-dollar-4-measures-announced.html André Lemercier Georges, the Minister of Economy and Finance declared that he would again…
Making Art in the 3rd World: Haiti’s Ghetto Biennale
Works from artists such as Laura Heyman, Jesse Darling, Andre Eugene, Peter Anderson, and Jean Herard Celeur from the biennale’s inaugural edition in 2009. In…
Ce 14 décembre marque l’anniversaire de l’opération d’élimination physique des frères Arbouet par un commando SWAT dépêché à Léogane dans le but de bloquer l’enquête sur l’assassinat de Me Mireille Durocher Bertin.
Les Arbouet connus comme des militants devenus assassins du régime Lavalas d’Aristide étaient désignés comme bourreaux de Me Bertin. Le Ministre de l’Intérieur d’alors, Colonel…
Could the earthquake in Haiti have been a man-made disaster?
New research confirms that extreme weather and deforestation can cause earthquakes. Bryan Nelson: If you ever doubted that human action was capable of profoundly effecting…
Heineken swallows up Haitian brewer Brana
Charlie Wright, thegrocer.co.uk Heineken has taken total control of Brasserie Nationale d’Haiti, the leading brewer on the troubled Caribbean nation. The Dutch giant previously held…
Cholera Fallout: Can Haitians Sue the U.N. for the Epidemic?
Time.com: By Susana Ferreira / Port-au-Prince Cholera hit Laurent Jacnel on a Sunday night last June. He was at home, in a Port-au-Prince tent camp…
Oprah Winfrey to see Haiti’s President Michel Martelly, Designer Donna Karan, Sean Penn’s DP camp
The TV talent is expected in Port au Prince Sunday evening to visit a settlement camp for displaced people run by Hollywood actor Sean Penn…
Oprah Winfrey tours encampment in Haiti under tight security
Chicago Sun Times: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Oprah Winfrey toured an encampment for Haitians displaced by a massive 2010 earthquake under tight security Monday, with…