Posted in Ag/Farming

Spanish oil company Repsol to stop drilling in Cuba

29 May 2012 Last updated at 15:12 ET The rig can be seen from the seafront in Havana Spanish company Repsol has said it is…

Posted in Govt Incompentece

Armed Civilians Dislodged, Guy Philippe Denounces

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The Superior Council of National Security (CSPN) expressed satisfaction with the May 18th dislodging of armed men and women claiming to…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Dr. Pran Kundi seeks out information on Haitian child

By Allan Benner, The Tribune Dr. Pran Kundi holds a three-year-old boy he treated during two weeks spent in Haiti working with Mission of Hope….

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

Haiti – Politic : Serious consequences in case of publication of the Constitution…

Reacting to the possible publication of the text of the amended Constitution, the historian Georges Michel explains the consequences of such a decision “…the President…

Posted in Crime/Corruption Govt Incompentece

Corruption in Haitian Gov’t Goes from Bad to Worse

DefentHT WASHINGTON, D.C. (defend.ht) – The 2011 Human Rights Report by the U.S. State Department found that even as the government changed from Preval to…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haiti to pay mothers school incentives via mobile

The earthquake of January 2010 devastated much of Port-au-Prince The government in Haiti says it will begin transferring cash credits to mothers who send their…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

Haiti Faces 30-Year Climb to Middle Income Status, says U.S. Official

OTTAWA – It will take Haiti the better part three decades to become a middle income country on par with its Caribbean island neighbour, the…