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Dominican, Haiti governments say they uncovered plot to overthrow Martelly-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

P. J. Goico…Pepe Goico. File. Pepe Goico denies plot Santo Domingo.- Senior officials of the Haiti and Dominican governments denounced in Santo Domingo Thursday that…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Water In The Time Of Cholera: Haiti’s Most Urgent Health Problem

NPR.Org: In the teeming city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, millions of people have no reliable water supply. Many of the underground pipes that did exist were…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Vaccination Against Cholera Finally Begins In Haiti

by Richard Knox NPR.Org After myriad delays and setback, health workers in Haiti are beginning to vaccinate against cholera. John W. Poole / NPRRice farmer…

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GREED IS GOOD

Does Gilbert Bigio make Israel look good? By Paul Woodward, War in Context, January 25, 2010 When Amos Radian, Israel’s Dominican Republic-based ambassador to the…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

Excerpt from Citizenship In A Republic

delivered at the Sorbonne, in Paris   23 April, 1910 It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Govt Incompentece

MARTELLY’S STYLE OF GOVERNMENT DOOMS HIM

NEVER MEETS ONE-ON-ONE, ALWAYS HANGERS-ON SITTING IN TO MAKE ADEQUATE DISCUSSION IMPOSSIBLE April 12, 2012 Martelly might with the American ambassador, or similar folks, on…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Govt Incompentece

MARTELLY – A BABE IN THE WOODS ARISTIDE PLANS TAKE-OVER WHILE MARTELLY’S PEOPLE PLAY CHILDREN’S GAMES

April 12, 2012 Even as Martelly maneuvered to install a new Prime Minister in the form of Laurent Lamothe, Aristide sat back and watched the…

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Gagarin’s Falsified Flight Record

On April 12, 1961, the world met Yuri Gagarin, a former Soviet Air Force pilot who shot from obscurity to international fame after making one…

Posted in Ag/Farming

Top State Department officials tour north Haiti

FOX News: CARACOL, Haiti –  Top State Department officials have made an off-the-record visit to northern Haiti, where they met with local leaders and toured…

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Chavez, battling cancer, fades from world stage

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, who has yet to confirm his attendance at the Summit of the Americas this coming weekend, faces a slippage of regional…

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HAITIAN RUMOR MILL SEES LAMOTHE PAYING $75,000 PER SENATOR FOR VOTE… HOW MUCH FOR THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES?

Avril 11, 2012 A sad, but realistic situation, that sees Laurent Lamothe seen to be paying for his acceptance as Prime Minister. We hope he…

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Lamothe en route pour la primature

Après des heures de débats, parfois houleux souvent stériles, l’Assemblée des sénateurs a ratifié, mardi soir, le choix de Laurent Lamothe comme Premier ministre avec…

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Nuria Piera, un pitbull à la gueule d’ange

La très respectée journaliste dominicaine Nuria Piera a dénoncé des perquisitions dans des entreprises et résidences effectuées par la police secrète dominicaine afin de remonter…

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Prosecutors Move To Reduce Former Haitian Official’s Sentence

WSJBlogs-By Samuel Rubenfeld Prosecutors sought to reduce a former Haitian official’s jail sentence nearly two years after it was imposed. In a Rule 35 motion…

Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haitian Teen to Testify in UN Abuse Scandal

Video captured on a cell phone purportedly shows U.N. peacekeepers sexually assaulting an 18-year-old boy in Haiti. (ABC News Exclusive) By LEE FERRAN and MATTHEW…

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Haiti: Ban on Transporting Livestock and Humans Together-Added COMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The head of the Directorate of Traffic and the Traffic Police, the Divisional Commissioner Will Dimanche, informed that as of Monday,…

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The Enduring Voice of Haiti After 60 Years, a Musical Institution Is Still on the Lookout for a New Audience

Kate Lord/The Wall Street JournalHaitian band Orchestre Septentrional performs in Brooklyn last week Deep in Brooklyn one recent night, hundreds of Haitian-Americans got a taste…

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Haiti flooding kills 6, displaces hundreds

USA TodayPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – The United Nations says that flooding from two days of rainfall in Haiti has killed six people and displaced 700…

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Haiti prime minister nominee clears hurdle

By Trenton Daniel Associated Press Boston GLobe: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haiti’s Senate approved President Michel Martelly’s candidate for prime minister on Tuesday, taking a critical step toward…

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For 6 Decades, the Sound of Good News in Haiti ‘When the Drum Is Beating,’ About Orchestre Septentrional

Since the founding of the Orchestre Septentrional in 1948, the band’s homeland, Haiti, has endured the nearly three-decade Duvalier family dictatorship, 26 other governments, a…