Month: August 2015
Haiti’s critical test — and ours
TROUBLE AT THE POLLS: People are escorted out of a voting center after it was closed because of violence during parliamentary elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti…
Haitian teen gets new leg at Genesis
Deirdre Baker Joverly Charles, 15, of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is in Davenport for two to four weeks to receive a new prosthesis and physical therapy. She…
Haiti truck road crash leaves 17 dead, 18 injured – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
A road accident at a Haiti highway on April 2, 2012. The the most recent accident in Haiti involving a truck on August 15, 2015…
U.N. role in Haiti cholera epidemic
(CNN) – There is a humanitarian crisis happening in our own hemisphere, but it’s not likely you’ve heard of it. Thousands have died, threatening the…
HOW THE WORLD WAS WON IN 2006 BY PREVAL THREATS AFTER ATTACK ON MONTANA HOTEL
2006 had a massive voter turnout, as did the 2010 ballot, in which Michel Martelly won a true landslide victory, in spite of Preval’s effort…
A Difficult Return to Haiti
Tens of thousands of Haitians and Haitian-Dominicans have fled the Dominican Republic in response to its strict new immigration policy with many settling in squalid…
Haïti-Fraudes électorales : Les arroseurs arrosés.-
-Aug 17 08:22AM -0400 Le dimanche 9 août 2015, Haïti a vécu une dure journée dite “électorale”. La violence était répandue à travers le pays….
Dominicans of Haitian descent fear racism will fuel deportations
Dark-skinned native Dominicans and longtime residents report a rash of deportations following immigration law changes in the Dominican Republic. BATEY LIBERTAD, Dominican Republic — As Roberto Rafael remembers…
IOM monitors migrant flows on Haiti-Dominican Republic border-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Saint Soi and his family at the Fond Bayard school in Fond Parisien near the Malpasse border after returning from the Dominican Republic. IOM/Ilaria Lanzoni….
A young Haitian in semifinals of the TOYP 2015
Haiti Libre: The young Haitian entrepreneur, Garius Lonick, winner of the winners of the Ten Outstanding Young Haitians 2014 (TOYP) organized by Junior Chamber International…
Miami jury: Haitian police commander helped drug smugglers
By Jay Weaver jweaver@MiamiHerald.com Twelve jurors told a Miami federal judge on Friday afternoon that they were deadlocked in deciding the fate of a Haitian…
Dominican Republic resumes deportation of migrants deemed illegal
Reuters/Reuters – People wait to talk to an enumerator with The International Organization for Migration (IOM) at a camp for returned Haitians and Haitian-Dominicans, near…
Return of Kenneth H. Merten in Haiti
Monday, August 17, the former Ambassador of the United States in Haiti (2009-2012), Kenneth H. Merten officially take office in Haiti as Special Coordinator for…
18 Dead in Truck Accident in Northern Haiti
A truck crowded with vendors heading to a market lost control and tipped over in Haiti’s northern region Saturday, killing 18 people and injuring 28,…
Colonialisme ou intérêts particuliers? 70 observateurs étrangers sans rapport veulent imposer leur opinion sur 1500 observateurs Haïtiens qui ont documente les fraudes massives et ont abouti a des conclusions différentes
August 15, 2015 GERARD PRADEL: 1. Presentation de l’OEA – UE sans rapport détaille de leurs 70 observateurs et avec une presence limite dans seulement…
RESEAU NATIONAL DE DEFENSE DES DROITS HUMAINS RNDDH – Scrutin du 9 août 2015 : un accroc aux normes démocratiques !
Le Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH), le Conseil National d’Observation (CNO) et le Conseil Haïtien des Acteurs Non Etatiques (CONHANE) ont observé…
Caricom chairman congratulates Haiti’s Gov’t, people on elections- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
The administration of Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart said it is aware that CLICO needed a “small” amount of funds to keep it operational. CHAIRMAN…
Rand Paul leaves the campaign trail for eye surgeries in Haiti
Rand Paul — here chatting with a patient during a trip to Guatemala to perform pro bono eye surgery — is now headed to Haiti….
Marco Rubio wants U.S. to intervene in Haiti, Dominican Republic migration crisis
miamiherald.typepad.com PatriciaMazzei Florida Sen. Marco Rubio wants the U.S. to work with the governments of the Dominican Republic and Haiti to resolve — or at…
WOW!!! PREVAL AND OPONT RUINED ELECTION 2010 – READ THIS: Tabulation Center Originally Eliminated Célestin, not Martelly – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Updated Aug 14 HAITI DEMOCRACY PROJECT Jul 13, 2015 | Elections, November 2010 Pierre-Louis Opont, president of the election commission, has been going around peddling…