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At Latin America summit, Obama to face push for drug legalization

Latin American leaders at the Summit of the Americas, in their attempt to curb regional drug violence, are expected to call for legalizing marijuana and…

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Venezuela’s Chavez set for more Cuba cancer treatment -Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has given a speech from the presidential palace in Caracas, the first since his latest round of treatment in Cuba for…

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Haiti: Political Leaders Critical of PM Vote in the Senate-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Thursday, 12 April 2012 20:40 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Senators put personal interests ahead of those of the nation, declared Evans Paul, a leader of…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Port-Au-Prince: A City Of Millions, With No Sewer System

11:19 am April 13, 2012 John W. Poole / NPRA makeshift latrine hangs over the water at the edge of Cite de Dieu, a slum…

Posted in Govt Incompentece

Dominican officials say ex-official in Haiti plot-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Fox News:SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic –  The justice minister in the Dominican Republic has accused a former military officer of involvement in an alleged plot…

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Haiti health workers to give cholera vaccine

CBS News:PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The chief advocates for a cholera vaccination program in Haiti will begin distributing the vaccine this weekend after a government ethics…

Posted in FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Haïti et le Mexique en mode renforcement

LeNouvelliste: Le temps est au renforcement des relations entre Mexico et Port-au-Prince. La coopération mexicaine pèse quelque 23 millions de dollars en projets de développement,…

Posted in FRENCH/CREOLE Articles Govt Incompentece

Un complot dominicano-haïtien pour renverser Martelly

Le ministre haïtien de la Justice, Michel Brunache, et le chancelier dominicain, Carlos Morales Tronconso, lors de la conférence de presse donnée ce jeudi à…

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RAPPORT DE LA COMMISSION SUR L’ARMEE D’HAITI AU PRESIDENT MICHEL MARTELLY

Port-au-Prince, le 23 décembre 2011Monsieur Michel Joseph MartellyPrésident de la RépubliquePalais National Monsieur le Président,La Commission d’Etat d’Organisation de la composante militaire de la Force…

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Mexican President to Visit Haiti on April 12

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Mexican President Felipe Calderón will make April 12 a working visit to Haiti to strengthen bilateral cooperation, said Friday the Haitian…

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Cancer hasn’t dimmed Hugo Chavez’s electoral hopes

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — With less than six months left until Election Day, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has hardly hit the campaign trail. Instead, he…

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Dominican, Haiti governments say they uncovered plot to overthrow Martelly-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

P. J. Goico…Pepe Goico. File. Pepe Goico denies plot Santo Domingo.- Senior officials of the Haiti and Dominican governments denounced in Santo Domingo Thursday that…

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Water In The Time Of Cholera: Haiti’s Most Urgent Health Problem

NPR.Org: In the teeming city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, millions of people have no reliable water supply. Many of the underground pipes that did exist were…

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Vaccination Against Cholera Finally Begins In Haiti

by Richard Knox NPR.Org After myriad delays and setback, health workers in Haiti are beginning to vaccinate against cholera. John W. Poole / NPRRice farmer…

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GREED IS GOOD

Does Gilbert Bigio make Israel look good? By Paul Woodward, War in Context, January 25, 2010 When Amos Radian, Israel’s Dominican Republic-based ambassador to the…

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Excerpt from Citizenship In A Republic

delivered at the Sorbonne, in Paris   23 April, 1910 It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong…