Day: February 21, 2012
US seeks half off 27-year sentence for ex-Haitian drug lord for assisting prosecutors
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 3:31 PM MIAMI — Federal prosecutors in Miami say a once-powerful Haitian drug lord should get half off his 27-year prison sentence…
Gangs of Port-au-Prince-PHOTO GALLERY
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Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez faces new operation
BBC: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that he will have to have further surgery after doctors found a lesion during medical tests in Cuba….
Foreign community scrambling to stave off Haiti crisis
Hoping to stave off a political crisis in Haiti, the country’s leaders and foreign diplomats have been working to get the country’s executive and legislative…
Two years after the earthquake, Haiti is trying to clear tent cities
By William Booth, PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — International aid worker Emmett Fitzgerald has to get 20,000 very poor people squatting in front of the National Palace…
US gives $7.2mn to curb charcoal use in Haiti
(AP) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The U.S. Agency for International Development is hoping to build a small market in Haiti to offset a charcoal industry that…