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OPONT MAKES COSMETIC EFFORT IN FACE OF MASSIVE DISASTER. FEWER THAN 1% VOTED IN ELECTION FIASCO – DISQUALIFIES CANDIDATES FROM MANY PARTIES TO APPEAR BALANCED- ONLY SOLUTION – OPONT RESIGNATION – NEW CEP – RETURN OF EXCLUDED CANDIDATES – HOLD ALL ELECTIONS IN DECEMBER.

August 18, 2015 Here we are, one day before the CEP is scheduled to release the election results, from August 9. Those, inside the CEP,…

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Haitian Migrants Detained After Coming Ashore in Florida

Map shows locations of Palm Beach, Florida and Haiti. Reuters August 17, 2015 5:50 PM MIAMI—A group of 32 people, mostly Haitian migrants, were detained…

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Putting the spotlight on children’s lives in Haiti

11-year-old Djolanda sits outside her home. (c) UNICEF Haiti/2015/Walther Home Jacmel, in Haiti’s South East and its surroundings are a picture of Caribbean beauty, with…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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….

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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…

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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….

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…