Day: August 3, 2015

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Elections

SITUATION EXPLOSIVE – HAS DETERIORATED SINCE SATURDAY AS ELECTION VIOLENCE SPREADS THREATENING VOTE COMING SUNDAY

August 3, 2015 Election campaigning has pretty well come to a stop for the nation as rival political groups clash openly. VERITE, BOUCLIER, AND TET…

2015-08-03
Posted in Elections

Haiti Elections 2015: Violence Strikes Parliamentary Candidate Ahead Of Vote, Report Says

Supporters of the Verite political party marched to the Headquarters of the Provisional Electoral Council June 29, 2015, in Port-au-Prince to demand the reinstatement of…

2015-08-03
Posted in Govt Incompentece

Dominican truckers block border crossings into Haiti

By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The main truckers union in the Dominican Republic on Monday blocked transport of all freight…

2015-08-03
Posted in Crime/Corruption

Trial lifts lid on world of Haiti’s drug-smuggling cops

By Jay Weaver jweaver@MiamiHerald.com When Haiti flourished as a “narco-state,” Colombian cocaine smugglers would pay off local cops to protect their precious loads flown in…

2015-08-03