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Sean Penn Announces Haiti Reforestation Project

By Alexa Gray, Contributing Editor How much power and influence do celebrities have in today’s world? One would argue, a significant amount, and with great…

Posted in Crime/Corruption FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Haiti/Insécurité- Drive By Shooting

L’animateur de compas, Cheristin Ferdinand connu sous le nom de Mass Design (anglais) a été assassiné en fin d’après midi par des individus armés non…

Posted in Elections

Venezuelan opposition wins Congress, aims for supermajority

Lilian Tintori, wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, left, holds hands up with reelected opposition lawmaker Enrique Marquez, who represents Zulia state, during a…

Posted in Ag/Farming Govt Incompentece

Who is in charge of the goldmine du Trou du Nord?

Posted in Ag/Farming Crime/Corruption

Advocates: Haiti needs debate about risks of gold mining

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) David Mc Fadden” Haiti risks human rights violations and increased environmental degradation if gold mining proceeds in the impoverished country without an…

Posted in Elections

Protests continue in Haiti – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

By G. Dunkel Workers world.com The U.S. government has made it clear that it has no intention of disputing the results that Haiti’s Provisional Electoral…

Posted in Elections

Venezuelans may swing to opposition in Sunday’s vote-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

A worker passes propaganda graffiti in Caracas ahead of the vote. (CNN)Venezuelans headed to the polls Sunday to vote for a new National Assembly. A…

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Haiti opposition says transitional gov’t may be needed

Photo: Dieu Nalio Chery, AP FILE – In this Nov. 12, 2015 file photo, supporters of presidential candidate Maryse Narcisse, of the Lavalas party, removes…

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Bye, bye, bananas

(Amy Sancetta/AP Photos) In the mid 1900s, the most popular banana in the world—a sweet, creamy variety called Gros Michel grown in Latin America—all but disappeared…

Posted in Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

L’UE recommande la poursuite du processus électoral et déplore un ” amalgame” entre les concepts irrégularités et fraudes massives.-

L’UE recommande la poursuite du processus électoral et déplore un ” amalgame” entre les concepts irrégularités et fraudes massives.- L’ambassadeur de l’Union Européenne en Haïti,…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Sean Penn: IsraAid Inspired and Supported My Humanitarian Work in Haiti

by ISRAEL21c | 12.02.15 5:45 pm On his first visit to Israel, American actor and humanitarian activist Sean Penn declared that the work of his…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Students making change for Respire Haiti

Advocate staff photo by STACY GILL — Several fundraisers were held at Zachary High School recently, including the Kiss the Pig contest to help raise…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Program launched to reduce deadly cervical cancer in Haiti

.View gallery . . ST. MARC, Haiti (AP) — A pilot program was launched Wednesday to battle deadly cervical cancer in impoverished Haiti, which has…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

Rebuilding Haiti, One Stitch at a Time

TAKE ACTION Visiting Haiti is an experience measured as much in magic as it is sadness. On a recent trip back I had the opportunity to retrace…

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5 Hidden Gems to Visit During Art Basel in Miami’s Little Haiti Neighborhood

Photo: Dagmar Schwelle / Laif / Redux This week last year, a clever meme appeared on social media: “Want to know who’s at Art Basel?…

Posted in Ag/Farming Earthquake/CHOLERA

Honduras, Myanmar & Haiti top of climate change risk list

Photo: dpa-tmn (AFP) Honduras, Myanmar and Haiti top a new list of nations hardest hit by two decades of storms, floods, landslides and droughts that…

Posted in Aristide/Preval DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Elections Govt Incompentece

Ensure integrity of Haiti’s election

Edwige Danticat Haiti finds itself embroiled — again — in an electoral crisis in the midst of a presidential election. This shouldn’t come as a…

Posted in Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles Govt Incompentece

Haiti Elections- Position du G-8 : Communiqué du RDNP

Nous avons lu, avec satisfaction mais sans surprise, la position du G-8 dans son communiqué du 29 novembre. Aussi, saluons-nous le courage de nos compatriotes…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

Artist paints colorful new life into vintage Little Haiti building

Haitian artist Turgo Bastien paints the old St. Claire Laundry and Dry Cleaners building in Little Haiti on Nov. 10. Alfonso Duran By Christian Portilla…

Posted in Govt Incompentece

A search for family in Haiti raises questions about adoption

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As Mariette Williams waited for her flight from South Florida to Haiti, she paced the departure lounge, folding and re-folding her…