Day: July 28, 2015

Posted in Govt Incompentece

Is Venezuela’s Bolivar In Free Fall?

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…

2015-07-28
Posted in Govt Incompentece

Haitians feel squeeze as domestic currency weakens against dollar

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…

2015-07-28
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Elections Govt Incompentece

JULY 28, 2015 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN OCCUPATION – HAITI. WORSE NOW THAN WHEN AMERICANS DEPARTED IN 1934

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

2015-07-28
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

Haiti marks 100th anniversary of U.S. occupation

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…

2015-07-28
Posted in Elections Govt Incompentece

Tent cities sprouting in Haiti as migrants return from Dominican Republic

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…

2015-07-28
Posted in Crime/Corruption DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Elections

ELECTION VIOLENCE ACCELERATING AS MORE DEATHS REPORTED – THINGS WILL GET WORSE.

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…

2015-07-28
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Project seeks to build Lego-style homes from rubble in Haiti

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…

2015-07-28
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Girls and women key to Haiti’s future

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…

2015-07-28
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

JetBlue and Marriott Port-au-Prince Team Up to Give Back to Haiti

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…

2015-07-28