Day: October 1, 2012
Haiti plastics ban gets mixed reaction from cost-conscious poor
By Susana Ferreira PORT-AU-PRINCE | Mon Oct 1, 2012 3:02pm EDT (Reuters) – Haiti imposed a ban on plastic and foam food containers as well…
Haiti’s new environmental turn delights, dismays
Haitians, like this woman, are being forced out of living in Haiti’s Parc La Visite national park — a new effort to help the country’s…
On Haiti-Dominican Republic Border, Remembering a Long-Forgotten Massacre
Above: Dajabon in the Dominican Republic (Photo: Border of Lights) By the Caribbean Journal staff It was 1937 when between 10,000 and 20,000 Haitians and…
Manufacturing Consent for UN Troops in Haiti-Keane Bhatt-Manufacturing Contempt
Guest post by Ansel Herz: As this blog has amply documented, the establishment media is replete with inaccurate and biased coverage of Latin America. When…
Haiti takes on dreaded disease elephantiasis one mouth at a time
View Photo Gallery — Fighting disease in Haiti: Officials in Haiti are using “mass drug administration” to fight a parasitic infection that can cause permanent swelling….
Audit: USAID Haiti work ‘not on track’
Martha Mendoza: A newly released audit says the largest U.S. contractor working to stabilize Haiti after the 2010 earthquake is “not on track” to complete…
Norgaisse, septième commissaire en seize mois
Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : vendredi 28 septembre 2012 C.G Un vrai sac d’embrouilles au parquet de Port-au-Prince, symbole de l’instabilité. Sept commissaires du gouvernement en…
Haiti’s Martelly, Lamothe Meet With Canada PM Stephen Harper
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly (second from left) with Canada PM Stephen Harper and a Haitian delegation (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff…
One Seed, One Hundred Women: Hope for a Better Life in Kenscoff, Haiti
Editor’s Note: This article is part of our “A Community Comes Clean” series about nonprofits making a difference around the world. To read the first…
ARISTIDE FAILS AGAIN!!!
SPENT $1,000,000 FOR THE DEMONSTRATION AND ONLY A COUPLE OF THOUSAND MARCHED AGAINST MARTELLY ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 29, 1991… PEOPLE ANGRY WITH MARTELLY…