Day: March 4, 2017
Posted in Crime/Corruption
American cocaine use is way up. Colombia’s coca boom might be why
By Nick Miroff March 4 at 6:00 AM Colombian soldiers spray chemicals to kill coca plants in Tumaco on Feb. 2. Eradication efforts have slowed…
2017-03-04
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti
Fashion Designer Azede Jean-Pierre Shares Her Photo Diary From an Artisan Tour of Her Native Haiti
They say you can’t go home again, but Azede Jean-Pierre would beg to differ. The Haitian-born, Atlanta-bred designer—whose modern, quirky, and architectural designs have become…
2017-03-04
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti
Haitian actor Jimmy Jean-Louis: ‘The more I know about Haiti, the more I know about myself.’
Haiti-born Hollywood actor Jimmy Jean-Louis is starring in three films (“Everything But a Man,” “Cargo,” and “Empty Box“) at the Miami Film Festival, March 3-12….
2017-03-04
Posted in Aristide/Preval
Rene Preval, who led Haiti amid catastrophe, dies at 74
Associated Press | PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Rene Preval, a low-key technocrat who led Haiti as president during the devastating January 2010 earthquake and a…
2017-03-04