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La liste des groupes du défilé carnavalesque, un enjeu politique

Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : 2013-01-30 Frantz Duval Gilbert Bailly, président du comité national du carnaval, Kesnel Pierre, directeur départemental du Nord de la PNH et…

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Haiti Launches Micro-Finance Catastrophe Insurance Program

By Susana Ferreira | January 30, 2013 When Hurricane Sandy struck Haiti late last year, the home Guerda Pierre shares with her three children and…

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MORE SMOKE & MIRRORS FROM THE RED CROSS as Haiti marks earthquake’s three-year anniversary-Added COMMENTARY BY Haitian-Truth

The American Red Cross has released a three-year update on its response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The report, which can be found at redcross.org/haiti,…

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Haiti Bills Itself As The Next Caribbean Vacation Hotspot

by Reena Ganga on Jan 30th 2013 at 5:00PM The Caribbean nation of Haiti is launching an ambitious campaign to market the country as a…

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Josué Pierre-Louis retrouve son sommeil sans passer devant la justice

Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : 2013-01-28 Valéry DaudierL’accusatrice de Me Josué Pierre-Louis, président du Conseil électoral permanent (CEP), renonce à ses poursuites judiciaires contre…

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Man allegedly follows GPS directions to wrong house; shot dead

Friends say a man in his early 20s was picking up one more of their group to go skating, when his GPS took him to…

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World Bank and IMF Forecasts Follow Predictable Pattern for Haiti, Venezuela

By Arthur Phillips and Stephan Lefebvre- CEPR, January 30th 2013 The World Bank has joined the “doom and gloom” chorus on Venezuela’s economy. And in…

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A New Look in Haiti’s Cap-Haitien

Above: the inauguration ceremony (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has inaugurated a tourism project aimed at restoring the facades of a…