by Idrees Kahloon http://sunlightfoundation.com Congresswoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., wrote to the House Ethics Committee and Federal Election Commission asking if she could contribute to foreign…

July 31, 2015 A lot of smoke and mirrors – connected to simple, good old corruption in the form of brown envelopes full of American…

The beautiful beach at Labadee in Haiti. (Photo: Thinkstock) There are some destinations in the world that are so perfect and so lovely that we…

By wricavajoyeburnett Published: July 29, 2015, 8:54 pm FERMATHE, Haiti — High in the mountains overlooking Port-au-Prince is a refuge for kids who were literally…

Le délinquant et « pedator » en chef Michel Martelly a encore descendu un peu plus bas dans la boue nauséabonde de la délinquance et de la…

July 29, 2015 You cannot be President for Life, but there is nothing in the Constitution that says you cannot be Prime Minister for Life!!…

By Lucas Koerner http://venezuelanalysis.com Caracas, July 28, 2015 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) signed a memorandum of understanding with its Haitian counterpart on…

[Episcopal News Service] More than five and a half  years after a catastrophic earthquake destroyed Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, on July 20 workers began…

“If I die in police custody, burn everything down, koupe tèt, boule kay. No building is worth more than my life. No white person’s life…

By Dimitra DeFotis Venezuela’s currency, at 683.26 bolivars to the U.S. dollar, has tumbled from 500 at the start of the month and is in…

By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE For Michella Louis, summertime in Haiti means dining out with friends and shopping for the latest fashion offerings. But as…

July 28, 2015 I am listening to Evans Paul talk a lot of negative garbage, involving the 1915 – 1934 American occupation of Haiti. Evans…

BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE They landed a century ago this month, brandishing guns and hoisting the stars and strips on government buildings in a…

By Mariano Castillo, CNN In the past month, near the Haitian border city of Anse-a-Pitres, makeshift settlements of returnees have sprouted. Two such sites can…

July 28, 2015 Celestin, a candidate in the Plateau Centrale said his opponent had best not come back to the area, or “he would kill…

Holland-based The Mobile Factory aims to turn debris from 2010 earthquake into Lego-style blocks for sustainable housing near Port-au-Prince The Star.com Themobilefactory.org Haitian families will…

BY DONNA SHALALA clintonfoundation.org As the former President of the University of Miami, I was proud to help strengthen UM’s decades-long relationship with our neighbors…

July 27, 2015 at 1:37 PM | by Charyn Pfeuffer | You’ve got to love a great partnership. From now until August 29th, 2015, anyone…

HARPER WOODS, MI — He rides in on his own on a motorized wheelchair, gets plopped down in the front row of the bleachers and…

Children play in between the tents of Parc Cardeau. Peter Granitz for NPR Marie Etyse left two of her children behind. She’s 29, a widow…