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Cuba and Haiti Look at Cooperation Prospects

Cubasi.cu: Haitian and Cuban officials addressed in the Capital Port au Prince current bilateral cooperation links and their prospects in different sectors. Current cooperation programs…

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IDB awards Haiti $53 million to improve key artery

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Inter-American Development Bank is awarding Haiti a $53 million grant to upgrade a stretch of one of the Caribbean nation’s…

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WYCLEF IS, WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A BUM WHO STOLE FROM HIS PEOPLE IN TIMES OF NEED

Richard Perry/The New York Times The charity Yéle allotted $230,000 for the revitalization of this Port-au-Prince plaza in the Cité Soleil slum, with no lasting…

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Burundi, Eritrea, Haiti top 2012 global hunger index

A woman watches as pastries cool after baking, ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival, in Sanaa, Yemen, Aug. 18, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi By Katie Nguyen…

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Atlantic TROPICAL STORM Activity

Eastern Pacific Atlantic Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook |   Active Storms |   Marine Forecasts Atlantic – Caribbean Sea – Gulf of Mexico Tropical Weather…

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Le prix du riz a connu une baisse de 4% selon le secrétaire d’état a l’agriculture.

edlineaugustin@gmail.com Oct 11 12:38PM Le prix du riz a connu une baisse de 4% selon le secrétaire d’état a l’agriculture Le secrétaire d’Etat à la…

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In rural Haiti, looking for a way to make clean water sustainable

Dieu Nalio Chery/AP – A woman arrives at Wharf Jeremie to fill her two containers with water that she will use to wash her dishes,…

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The Cost Of Saving Lives With Local Peanuts In Haiti

by Dan Charles All Things Considered [8 min 20 sec] Download Enlarge Alex E. Proimos/flickr How much extra would you pay for local food? It’s…

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Haiti Commission Meets on Food Prices

Above: a meeting of the price control commission in Port-au-Prince (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s recently-established Commission on Price Control met…

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Haiti’s Central Bank, IFC Partner to Expand Leasing Infrastructure

Above: a waterfront rehabilitation project in in Port-au-Prince (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Banque de la Republique d’Haiti central bank and…

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Haiti’s Second Goudougoudou: The Global Food Crisis

Having accompanied and translated for Haitian housing rights activist Reyneld Sanon on his recent trip to Washington, it became all too evident from many sectors:…

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Haitians ignore gov’t ban on plastic bags

Children wait in line to sell plastic bottles at a Haiti recycling office in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Haitian merchants on…

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Haiti plastics ban gets mixed reaction from cost-conscious poor

By Susana Ferreira PORT-AU-PRINCE | Mon Oct 1, 2012 3:02pm EDT (Reuters) – Haiti imposed a ban on plastic and foam food containers as well…

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Haiti’s new environmental turn delights, dismays

Haitians, like this woman, are being forced out of living in Haiti’s Parc La Visite national park — a new effort to help the country’s…

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One Seed, One Hundred Women: Hope for a Better Life in Kenscoff, Haiti

Editor’s Note:  This article is part of our “A Community Comes Clean” series about nonprofits making a difference around the world.  To read the first…

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Haiti: World Bank Strategy to Include Focus on Cholera, Housing, Energy

Above: a tent camp in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The World Bank has approved a new two-year strategy for the…

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AP INTERVIEW: Haiti PM sees mining law draft in 6 months, could set royalties of 9 percent

UNITED NATIONS — Haiti’s government hopes to introduce a new mining law within six months that could set royalty rates of between 9 and 12…

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Haiti: thousands protest corruption, rising prices-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Several thousand people took to the streets of Cap-Haïtien, Haiti’s second largest city and the capital of North department, on Sept. 21 to protest a…

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Haiti: thousands protest corruption, rising prices

Several thousand people took to the streets of Cap-Haïtien, Haiti’s second largest city and the capital of North department, on Sept. 21 to protest a…

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Haiti bans plastic bags, foam containers-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Haitian government issues presidential decree banning black plastic bags and foam containers A woman sells plastic bags that will soon be banned in Haiti, in…