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How Candles Are Making New Opportunities for Women in Haiti

Haiti By: Larisa Epatko PBS News Women in Cap Haitien, Haiti, pour melted beeswax at a candle-making workshop. Photos courtesy of Prosperity Catalyst. Siiri Morley,…

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A new profile for Haiti’s U.N. peacekeeping mission

By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@MiamiHerald.com OUANAMINTHE, Haiti — After hopping off a helicopter, she makes her first stop at a container-built office complex where she greets…

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Haiti to host first-time, much-delayed ice skating show, if ice doesn’t melt once again

(Dieu Nalio Chery/ Associated Press ) – Haitians get a chance to skate on ice at a basketball gym that has been transformed to host…

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“The Butler” Distorts Race Relations

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force) The film’s retelling of…

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For Investors, Haiti Remains a Tough Environment

AP news: Nickson Toussaint returned to Haiti from Washington, D.C., with dreams of opening a small hotel along the shimmering coast north of the country’s…