Posted in Ag/Farming Govt Incompentece

Dumping Peanuts on Haiti

Peanuts being sorted before roasting in Haiti. Photo by Cory Flanagin. The people of Haiti deserve better agriculture solutions than extra peanuts from the American…

Posted in Ag/Farming

Zika virus leads to Arizona blood supply shortage; donors needed

First Zika case confirmed in Arizona A woman from Maricopa County was confirmed to have contracted the Zika virus, the Arizona Department of Health Services…

Posted in Aristide/Preval Crime/Corruption Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

16 ans après, les assassins de Jean Dominique courent toujours – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Jean Dominique Huit juges d’instruction, quatre chefs d’État, 16 ans… Les auteurs du double meurtre du journaliste Jean Léopold Dominique et de son gardien Jean-Claude…

Posted in Crime/Corruption Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

CELESTIN SE RETIRE DE LA COURSE : IL A RECU 20 MILLIONS DE DOLLARS US- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Avril 5, 2016 LA  NOUVELLE LAISSE LE SECRET DES OFFICINES SPECIALISES POUR GAGNER LE GRAND PUBLIC : LE CANDIDAT DE LA PAIX, JUDES CELESTIN, S’EST…

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Haitian Wages A meme that claims that the State Department under Hillary Clinton fought to keep Haiti’s minimum wage from reaching $0.61 an hour is correct, but lacks context.

Brooke Binkowski Claim: The United States fought to keep Haiti’s minimum wage from going up to $0.61 cents an hour. Example: [Collected via Facebook, April…

Posted in Aristide/Preval Elections

Official: Numerous Hurdles to Concluding Haiti Elections

By The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Apr 5, 2016, 6:28 PM ET The head of Haiti’s revamped electoral council said Tuesday that the nine-member…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Leaked UN report faults sanitation at Haiti bases at time of cholera outbreak

The UN denies its peacekeepers caused the epidemic that killed thousands but a 2010 report details sewage being dumped in the open and a lack…

Posted in Crime/Corruption

Haiti police arrest 35 including five cop killers

PORT Of SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The National Police of Haiti (PNH) says law enforcement officials have arrested 35 people including five for the murder…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Haiti-Incendie : Un incendie fait rage à Pétion-ville

Port-au-Prince, le 4 avril 2016.- Un incendie s’est déclaré ce matin dans la commune de Pétion-ville, à l’angle des rues Lamarre et Villate, a constaté…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Truth and justice for Haiti

Dieu Nalio Chery/AP A wheelchair bound man crossed a street flooded with dirty water in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Feb. 28. April 04, 2016 Victims of…

Posted in Elections Govt Incompentece

Haiti’s presidential elections dilemma: to recount or not? – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Kenneth Merten, Haiti’s special coordinator and deputy assistant secretary in the bureau of western hemisphere affairs, discusses Haiti’s election and how it’s coping. Special to…

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It’s Really Happening: The Dominican Republic Is Deporting Its Haitian Residents.

This isn’t the first time the U.S. has stood by the Dominican Republic even as its government has violated the human rights of Haitians. By…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haiti protest demands justice for 3 slain deaf women

The Sainte Marie neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti is seen on February 19, 2016, with the Bay of Port-au-Prince in the background. HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images PORT-AU-PRINCE,…

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As mosquito season arrives, is the U.S. ready for Zika?

By Dr. Lex O. McMillan III Although Haiti is our near neighbor geographically, its distance from the United States culturally and economically would be difficult…

Posted in Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

MINUSTAH ap sipòte yon Ayisien ki Kwè nan Violans e nan Pèsekisyon Politik kom Komisè Gouvènman – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Nominasyon Danton Leger kom Komisè Gouvènman se yon lòt ekzamp ke lidèchip MINUSTAH ap sipòte moun ki nan violans e ki kont eleksyon ak demokrasi…

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CEP

Avril 2, 2016 Au niveau du CEP, nous avons besoin de cette commission, cela nous rendra plus confortable et nous saurons pour qui nous allons…

Posted in Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Thierryy: Ambassadeur des États-Unis,Peter F.Mulrean á Radio Metropole hier matin

L’AMBASSADEUR DES ETATS UNIS EN HAITI CONTRE UNE NOUVELLE COMMISSION DE VÉRIFICATION DU PROCESSUS ÉLECTORAL POUR 2 RAISONS: 1) elle pourrait retarder la tenue du…

Posted in Elections

Special Coordinator Merten Travel to Paris and Brussels

Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 1, 2016 Haiti Special Coordinator Kenneth Merten travels to Paris and Brussels, April 1–5, to further…

Posted in Crime/Corruption

Haiti Protest Demands Justice for 3 Slain Deaf Women

By david mcfadden, associated press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Apr 1, 2016, 9:03 PM ET Hundreds of protesters marched in Haiti’s capital on Friday to demand…

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USDA Provides Nutritious U.S. Peanuts in Humanitarian Effort for Haiti

Posted by Sandra Wood, Deputy Administrator for Commodity Operations, USDA Farm Service Agency, on March 31, 2016 at 4:00 PM U.S. peanut farmers produce more…