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CHAVEZ NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SURVIVAL

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attended Mass with family Thursday after returning from his latest round of radiation therapy treatment in Cuba,…

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Resistance spread ‘compromising’ fight against malaria

By Matt McGrath Science reporter, BBC World Service Malaria is spread by mosquitoes Scientists have found new evidence that resistance to the front-line treatments for…

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A solution to the south’s water woes?

5 April 2012 Last updated at 08:15 ET BBC Hosepipe bans affecting about 20 million customers have been introduced by seven water authorities in parts…

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‘Haitian Masters’: 1950s-1980s

NY times: 210 11th Avenue, at 25th Street, Chelsea Through April 14 It is not news that extraordinary paintings were made in Haiti during much…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Cholera Solutions for Haiti

NY times: To the Editor: “Global Failures on a Haitian Epidemic” (front page, April 1) draws long-overdue attention to the health crisis in Haiti. Eradicating…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

Haiti’s president goes to Miami for surgery on right shoulder, months after operation on left

NY times:PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian President Michel Martelly has gone to Miami for an operation on his right shoulder. The presidential office’s announcement Wednesday night…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Cholera, sanitation, and suspicion in Haiti

scienceblogs.com-Deborah Sontag’s New York Times piece “Haiti’s Cholera Outraced the Experts and Tainted the UN” is a reminder that while public attention to the earthquake-ravaged…

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Chavez back in Venezuela after Cuba cancer treatment

5 April 2012 Last updated at 02:57 ET BBC Mr Chavez has said he will be going back and forth to Cuba for treatment Venezuelan…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Govt Incompentece

THE MARTELLY MESS

April 4, 2012 Who cares if Martelly took some cash from a Dominican senator? What has been reported is peanuts, compared with the cash gobbled…

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Dominican Republic and Haiti continue plans against malaria

Santo Domingo. Efforts to eliminate two mosquito-borne diseases –malaria and lymphatic filariasis– in Haiti and the Dominican Republic are ongoing, with the first of four…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Journalist critical of efforts in Haiti Former reporter says aid groups haven’t delivered lasting change

By STEPHEN DI BENEDETTO The Register-Mail GALESBURG — The numerous aid groups that clamored to rebuild Haiti following a destructive earthquake two years ago have…

Posted in FRENCH/CREOLE Articles Govt Incompentece

Civils armés, « Je ne suis pas leur chef » dit Guy Philippe

Même s’il a toujours supporté publiquement le mouvement des « civils armés », l’homme fort du département de la Grand ‘Anse nie toute implication dans…

Posted in Crime/Corruption FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Bautista nie tout

LeNouvelliste: Haïti: Au coeur d’une affaire de corruption présumée dont les soubresauts sont suivis des deux côtés de l’île, le sénateur Felix Bautista a nié…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

HAITI BROILER’S Fun in the Son Festival Brings the Hope and Help of the Good News to Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — At the invitation of hundreds of Haiti’s churches, the Luis Palau Association joined with local company…

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Below average Atlantic hurricane season forecast

MIAMI — The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season will be “below average” with 10 tropical storms, four of which will strengthen into hurricanes, Colorado State University…

Posted in FRENCH/CREOLE Articles Govt Incompentece

Haiti – Politique : Mme. Myrlande Manigat opposée à la publication de l’amendement constitutionnel

La secrétaire générale du Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes (RDNP), Myrlande Manigat, réitère son opposition à la publication de l’amendement de la constitution de 1987….

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DOMINICAN VIDEO ON MARTELLY CORRUPTION

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

New York City Run Gets Haitian Children Back to School-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

NEW YORK, April 3, 2012 — 4-Mile Public Run/Walk Part of Celebrity-Supported Campaign for Concern Worldwide NEW YORK, April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On April…

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Haiti: Remobilized Soldiers Removed from Public Building in Saint Marc

SAINT MARC, Haiti (defend.ht) – After police intervention, demobilized soldiers stationed in St. Marc were forced to leave Monday night a building they had occupied…

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Haïti-RD-Corruption : le sénateur Bautista aurait admis avoir aidé 2 candidats

Le Matin:Le sénateur dominicain Felix Bautista a reconnu samedi avoir aidé les deux candidats à la présidence, durant la période électorale en Haïti, selon un…