Day: March 21, 2017
After 19 hours of debate through the night, Haiti finally gets a new prime minister
jcharles@miamiherald.com Haiti finally has a new government. Jack Guy Lafontant, a gastroenterologist with no political experience, was ratified as prime minister by the Lower Chamber…
UN Fails Miserably to Raise Funds for Haiti
By Julianna LeMieux — March 20, 2017 Last October, following the UN General Assembly, we wrote of the urgency needed for the global health crisis occurring…
Women allegedly raped by UN peacekeepers in Haiti speak out -Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Ovila WoodNelson – ©aljazeera.com In Haiti By Force: UN Sex Abuse, Fault Lines speaks to Haitian women who say they were raped by UN peacekeepers…
ARISTIDE MANIPULATES PERCEPTIONS WITH PHONY ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Mar 20, 2017 Even before Aristide left his Tabarre lair for his appearance in court, members of his entourage were discussing how the scene would…
U.N. Accepts Blame but Dodges the Bill in Haiti
Ny Times editorial board A cholera patient at a clinic in Rendel, Haiti, being bathed with soap and water mixed with Clorox. Credit Meridith Kohut…
Tackling one-tenth of Haitian deaths and helping the environment-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
It sounds almost too good to be true: a single development investment that tackles one of Haiti’s biggest death-tolls and at the same time combats…
A Photographer Captures Papier-Mâché and Politics on Parade in Haiti’s Jacmel
Michael Magers photographs high art and cutting cultural critiques during the annual Kanaval celebration By Jackie Mansky smithsonian.com March 20, 2017 10:45AM There had been…