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Haiti celebrates first cardinal

By JACQUELINE CHARLES The Miami HeraldFebruary 4, 2014 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — For Monsignor Chibly Langlois, the honor of joining the Catholic Church’s elite hierarchy and…

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Haiti’s delayed elections is top of agenda during Martelly’s meetings

By jacqueline charles and Lesley Clark jcharles@MiamiHerald.com WASHINGTON — Haiti President Michel Martelly is likely to feel pressure on scheduling elections in Haiti as he…

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OAS Anti-Corruption Mechanism to Conduct On-Site Visit to Haiti

sflcn.com PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – A Commission from the OAS Mechanism for Follow-Up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC) will…

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Feds To Spend Up to $95K to Teach Haitian Prisoners How to Make Their Own Uniforms

State Department: Teaching inmates to sew will help fight drug trafficking A youth prison in Port-au-Prince / AP BY: Elizabeth Harrington February 4, 2014 5:00…

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Staffing, other problems still plague US church group working to regain Haiti orphanage permit

Startribune.com BenFOX AP news: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A troubled Haitian orphanage run by a small and apparently well-funded U.S. church has made cosmetic changes in…

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US official visits Haiti to help country improve procedures for adoptions by foreigners

Startribune.com PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A U.S. State Department official is visiting Haiti to help the impoverished Caribbean nation improve its procedures for adoptions by foreigners….

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Towards Social Peace in Cité Soleil

HaitiLibre:Wednesday following the negotiating table held on 15 and 17 January 21, Major David Basile, Minister of Interior and Territorial Communities, accompanied by Mr. Peter…

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Haiti earthquake refugees trade golf course camp for humble homes

A boy stands at a makeshift camp on the grounds of the Petionville Golf Course in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in this January 26, 2010 file photo….

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DANGEROUS THREAT TO MARTELLY GOVERNMENT AS LAVALAS AGITATORS WORK TO CREATE CHAOTIC TEACHERS’ STRIKE AND STUDENT PROTEST-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

WW4report.com Haitian public school teachers started an open-ended strike on Jan. 22 around demands for higher salaries, payment of back pay, access to public credit…

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The Aid Industry Failed Haiti After Its 2010 Quake

TheDailyBeast.com Four years and billions of dollars since the devastating earthquake, the impoverished nation stands no better equipped to improve itself. How a new local…

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Arcade Fire confirm Haiti gig

Canadian group will play in the coastal town of Jacmel on 21 February, as part of the country’s Kanaval celebrations. theguardian.com Kanaval spirit … Regine…

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STUDENT VIOLENCE IN GONAIVES – BURN MAYOR’S CAR

President Martelly promised Security and a free education for all children. Keeping these promises has been a challenge  the President cannot meet. He is hampered…

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Rétrospective politique du mois de Janvier 2014 par Stanley Lucas-VIDEO

President Michel Martelly La rentrée politique 2014 est marquée par huit événements politiques, une action judiciaire, une lettre spéciale sur la république Dominicaine, et la…

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FLASH-FLASH-FLASH 2 PM – Three people shot in front of UNIBANK’s main branch Petionville. The area is blocked and chaos reigns.

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1000 scientifiques pour aider Haïti; Les experts de l’Institut des sciences, des technologies et des études avancées d’Haïti prêtent main forte aux institutions locales pour regarnir la population de cerveaux

Quatre ans après le séisme qui l’a dévastée, Haïti a tout autant besoin, pour se relever, d’investissements dans son capital humain que dans le béton….

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Carnaval 2014, prix abusif des hôtels-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

On Saturday, February 1, 2014 5:55 AM, Thierry Theodore thierrytheodore103@yahoo.fr wrote: Les hôtels aux Gonaïves (350 chambres) et sur la Côte-des-Arcadins, réclament entre 300 et…

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Discours de Me Jean-Henry Céant au Cocktail de Lancement de la Fondation CHADEC Centre Haïtiano-Arabe pour le Développement, l’Education et la Culture

Monsieur le Représentant du Premier Ministre, Monsieur le Ministre des Affaires Etrangères et des Cultes Madame le Ministre de la Santé et de la Population…

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Des désaccords sur la formation d’un nouveau gouvernement

29/01/2014 Le Cardinal Chibly Langlois, principal médiateur du dialogue inter haïtien et président de la Conférence Épiscopale d’Haïti (CEH), a informé que les partis politiques…

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Air Canada rouge to offer more Caribbean destinations this summer from Toronto and Montreal

Jan 27, 2014 Air Canada today announced that its leisure carrier subsidiary, Air Canada rougeTM, is expanding its choice of more Caribbean destinations this summer….

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Congressmen who met in Haiti now working across aisle

WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Chris Gibson and Democratic Rep. Raul Ruiz first met at a golf course in Haiti. It was January 2010, and Haiti…