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Haiti - Elections : Haiti risks losing the support of the United States...

Haiti risks losing the support of the United States and the international community if the country does not quickly develop a democratic government "We urge the Haitian authorities to outline a very clear way forward that will lead promptly to the inauguration of a democratically elected government [...] that represents the will of the Haitian people" declared today…

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Sustainable development project launched for Haiti

Severe poverty, food insecurity and disaster vulnerability have profoundly affected local well-being for decades, and the initiative proposes a new approach.

NEW YORK, United States, Thursday January 6, 2011 – The United Nations and its partners have…

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Multi-million dollar commercial zone planned for Haiti

The project will be located near Cité Soleil, one of the poorest communities in Haiti, and expects to create 25,000 jobs and improve the standard of living for the 300,000 residents.…

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Two new hotels opening in Haiti

The hotels will be the first Choice-brand properties in Haiti.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, January 7, 2010 – An American hotel franchise is about to open two new hotels in Haiti.

Choice Hotels International said Comfort Inn and Ascend Collection would be launched in…

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Thousands of Haitians youth targeted for drug training

The four-year Haiti Youth Reconstruction Academy project, with a total estimated cost of US$9.3 million, will be carried out by the Haitian NGO IDEJEN.

WASHINGTON, United States, Wednesday January 19, 2011 - The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the Inter-American…

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Haiti - Politic : A history of passports...

Leaders of the Fanmi Lavalas political organization requires of the Haitian authorities the renewal of the diplomatic passport of former President Jean Bertrand Aristide, who lives in exile in South Africa since his forced departure in 2004. These leaders have indicated that the former head of state should return to his country and that it is a right guaranteed by the…

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Haiti - Football : Haiti - El Salvador on February 9

The Senior A National Selection (Grenadiers), will play its first friendly match of 2011 in San Salvador against the national team of El Salvador (La Selecta) the February 9, 2011 in the framework of the International FIFA day. This is the first release of Haiti for this new year. The players and coaching staff will leave Haiti on February 7, while the selected expatriates,… Continue

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Haiti Urged To Arrest 'Baby Doc' Duvalier For His Return To Haiti After 25 Year Exile.

Haiti urged to arrest visiting 'Baby Doc' .

Human rights groups have urged the Haitian government to arrest and prosecute former President Jean-Claude Duvalier for abuses committed during his 1971-86 leadership.

Mr Duvalier, 59, also known as "Baby Doc", has just returned to Haiti.

He said he had "come to help" after last year's earthquake, but Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said he should face justice.

It is not clear… Continue

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Haiti - Politic : Strong reactions of Michaelle Jean about the return of Duvalier

As soon as the news of the the return of Jean-Claude Duvalier was known, Michaëlle Jean, UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti, strongly reacts "Twenty-five years of comfortable exile in impunity be enough to make Haitians forget the horrors, the suffering, the injustice as well as the human and economic cost of decades of Duvalierist dictatorship ? Did he not accountable ? How… Continue

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Haiti - Jacmel : Authorities in the Southeast, criticized the NGOs and the State

The authorities in the Southeast of the country submit their assessments of the situation one year after the earthquake of January 12, 2010. The Mayor of Jacmel, expresses his reservations about the mode of intervention of NGOs in the department. For its part, the departmental delegation, focuses mainly on the weakness of state institutions and also the need to improve… Continue

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Haiti - FLASH POLITIC : After 25 years of exile "Baby Doc" is back in Haiti !

The former president "for life" of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier, nicknamed "Baby Doc", ousted from power in 1986 arrived this Sunday, January 16, 2011, at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport around 5h50pm (time of Haiti) on a Air-France flight with his wife Veronique Roy and several of his colleagues.

A delegation of former officials who had served under… Continue

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Haiti - Economy : E-Power launches its 30-megawatt power plant

Prior to the earthquake, only 25 percent of Haiti’s population had access to electricity, with the best served areas receiving a maximum of 8 hours of energy a day. The Haitian company, E-Power inaugurated Thursday a state-of-the-art 30-megawatt power plant. This power plant is a important step in Haiti’s reconstruction, it will boost energy capacity in Port-au-Prince by 40… Continue

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Haiti - Earthquake : Michaelle Jean, this was one year ago...

Wednesday, January 12, 2011, Michaelle Jean [former Governor General of Canada], Special Envoy of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for Haiti, during a short trip of 24 hours in the capital, Port-au-Prince [her first trip to his home country since her appointment to UNESCO] came to pray and mark the first anniversary of the…

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About Haiti

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Members of the Edeyo team have conducted two field service trips since the earthquake. The first, in early March, brought much needed…

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Haiti: Visiting the Source of the Problem- the Blocked River

What you're looking at is salt. This is unhealthy for crops...

The farmers spoke with other villagers in the area…

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Added by Haitian All-Starz on January 12, 2011 at 12:19pm — No Comments

Haiti One Year Later: Let Us Not Forget

Wednesday, January 12, 2011. One year ago today we witnessed one of the greatest human tragedies in recent world history, the horrific earthquake and its ugly aftermath in Haiti. So many of us, myself included, have donated, organized, mobilized, and done whatever we can to provide relief and support to the people of this great Caribbean nation. I am personally proud of… Continue

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Haiti - January 12, 2011 : Statement of President Barack Obama

As we mark one year since the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, we honor the memory of the quarter of a million Haitians who were lost, along with more than one hundred Americans, many United Nations personnel and citizens from dozens of nations. We recall how Americans, civilian and military, joined with people from around the world in one of the largest humanitarian… Continue

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Haiti - Canada : Partnership for an integrated health program in Haiti

Nearly a year after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the Canadian Red Cross is bolstering its commitment to the global relief effort in the country with the announcement of a partnership for a new integrated health program for Haiti. This five-year program will make it possible to reconstruct and strengthen the health care system for the most vulnerable groups in four… Continue

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Haiti - U17 Women's Football : FIFA Fair Play award

This year's FIFA Fair Play award went to Haiti's U-17 women's national team, who carried on bravely despite the worst kind of suffering, loss and pain following the devastating earthquake of January 2010.

Young members of the national team played on while the world crumbled around them. When the massive 7.0 earthquake of January 2010 ravaged the Caribbean nation,… Continue

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Haiti - Commemoration : Message of the MHAVE to the diaspora for January 12th, 2011

The Ministry of Haitians Living Abroad (MHAVE), informs our fellow citizens of the diaspora of the establishment of a set of activities, throughout the national territory, at the occasion of the commemoration the 1st anniversary of the earthquake of January 12, 2010.

In this regard, the MHAVE gives full support to the provisions envisaged by our compatriots from…

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