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Haiti - Culture : Restoration of the Market Hyppolite

By presidential order dated May 11, 2010, Market Hyppolite was placed on the National Heritage List, following a request from the Institute for the Protection of National Heritage (ISPAN), supported by the Ministry of Culture and communication. This is the 34th monument of the Republic of Haiti to b...enefit from this status that places him under the protection of the… Continue

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Haiti - FLASH ELECTIONS : The OAS recommends Manigat - Martelly on the second round

According to a draft report by the Organization of American States (OAS) involved in verification processes of the preliminary results of the first round, which has not been released publicly, but the Associated Press (AP) obtained a copy today, under conditions of anonymity, the report recommends that the candidate Jude Célestin is excluded from the second round and… Continue

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Haiti - Commemoration : Michaelle Jean will be in Haiti Wednesday

Michaelle Jean [former Governor General of Canada], Special Envoy of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for Haiti, will make Wednesday a 24-hour visit in the capital, Port-au Prince to mark the first anniversary of the earthquake on January 12, 2010 and encourage efforts to rebuild the country. This will be her first trip to her… Continue

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YÉLE HAITI MOMENT OF SILENCE ON JANUARY 12th AT 4:53PM EST

A Nation Still Grieving as the One-Year Anniversary of the Earthquake Approaches

NEW YORK—January 10, 2011—It was just one year ago when the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010 struck Haiti claiming the lives of more than 250,000 people and leaving another 1.5 million homeless. The Yéle Haiti Foundation and its founding ambassador Wyclef Jean,…

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Haiti - Reconstruction : 110 million from the World Bank for early 2011

The World Bank announced this week that it intended to launch soon two programs for amounting $110 million for Haiti, to deal with the epidemic of cholera and the challenge of the reconstruction after the earthquake of January 2010 .

The World Bank said in a statement that it will launch in early 2011, an Emergency Project against cholera for an amount 15…

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Documentary on Haiti earthquake to premiere

A year after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, a newspaper documentary about the nation’s plight premieres

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Haiti - Cholera Epidemic : UN appoints four experts responsible for the investigation

By announcing his intention to appoint an independent panel of experts last month, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, had underlined there are several theories on the origins of the cholera outbreak in Haiti. Not all reports have reached the same conclusion. Minustah and the Government of Haiti have conducted a number of tests. All so far have been negative. But he also… Continue

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Haiti - Education : 278 Haitian students in the African universities

After Senegal (163), Benin (110) Rwanda has welcomed yesterday on its territory, five Haitian students, 3 boys and 2 girls [Nicolenstia Bateau, Wendy Bianca Jean-Ulysse, Ambroise Jean-Louis, Jean-Max Marcellus, et Estivens Fleury]. These five fellows selected by the Haitian Government, will be fully supported by the Rwandan government, and will join the National University… Continue

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Haiti - Politic : Fanmi Lavalas announces demonstrations for the return of J.B Aristide

Ansyto Felix, spokesman for the Permanent Commission of Mobilisation of Fanmi Lavalas, said this week that 2011 will be marked by a series of peaceful protests in Haiti and abroad, to obtain the return of former president Jean Bertrand Aristide, in exile in South Africa since February 2004.

A return that would be "citizen" and not "political" if we believe the… Continue

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Color of Hope: Rebuilding Our Haiti Together

OVERVIEW

Color of Hope (C.O.H) is a grassroots, community-based organization that strives to strengthen Haitian-Americans and the Haitian Immigrant community in Palm Beach County and surroundings through the combined strategies of community organizing, advocacy, education social services, cultural outreach, leadership development, and forging productive relationships with other communities. C.O.H works to…

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Haiti - Jacmel : Divergent opinions on the holding of the Carnival in 2011

The second Sunday of January is always devoted to the official launch of the pre-carnival in Jacmel and gras days. This cultural event for many years brings together people from all social classes, from all backgrounds, rich, poor, white, mulatto.... Jacmel, "the City of Light, "touristic city", is internationally renowned for its Carnival. According to information… Continue

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Haiti - Health : Brazil and Cuba want to do more for Haiti

At a meeting, held on January 2, between Brazil and Cuba, at the National Palace (Palácio do Planalto) in Brasilia, Haiti has been at the agenda between the new President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff and the first Vice-President Cuban José Ramón Machado.

During this meeting, both countries agreed to increase aid to Haiti, which is fighting against a terrible epidemic… Continue

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Haiti - Social : Haitians from Santiago repatriates starting from January 6th, 2011

Following the tension between the population of certain neighborhoods in the south of the city of Santiago, the second city of the Dominican Republic, whose inhabitants had issued an ultimatum to the Haitian for they leave their neighborhoods, threatening them to use force if necessary… Continue

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Misty Jean Famous (Haitian) Miss West Indies

Misty Jean was born in Haiti in February 1983, misty jean started performing at the early age of three with the dance institute of Lynn William Rouzier who thought her dance among other things.

Misty Jean started singing at the age of seven in amateur singing contests with Paul Villefranche Since then, her passion for music became an… Continue

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Sarodj Bertin Miss Haiti 2010

Sarodj Bertín, Miss Haití Universe 2010. Being the first representative of Haiti after 22 years of absence, participating in the MISS UNIVERSE pageant.

Born on April 11 of 1986 at Port au Prince. Daughter of Jean Bertin and Mireille Durocher Bertin. Ever since she was four, her interest towards art started, taking Ballet classes, Modeling, Jazz, and Karate.

While…

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Independence Day in Haiti: Celebration of Freedom

Independence day in Haiti is an important holiday. We celebrate it on January 1, the same day as New Year's Day.

On January 1, 1804, Haiti, located in the West Indies, made history by being the first Black Country to gain its independence. Haiti's original name was "Ayiti, Quisqueya, Bohio." It was a name given by the original inhabitants who lived there. After Christopher Columbus discovered the Island in 1492, he…

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Haiti - Sports : The Haitian "Rasta Piquett", selected for the World Ski Championships of Garmisch Partenkirchen

Despite the earthquake in January 2010, the hurricane season, the cholera and social unrest that followed the publication of preliminary results of disputed elections of November 28, 2010, Jean-Pierre Roy, 47 years, nicknamed "Rasta Piquett" was embarked on a crazy challenge, that of engaging Haiti at the World Ski Championships of Garmisch Partenkirchen in February… Continue

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Haiti - Social : Independence Day, "free to protest"

"The festivities" of the 207th anniversary of Haiti's independence [January 1, 1804] have led to some protests across the country. In Port-au-Prince, protesters frustrated by the post-election crisis, following the publication of preliminary results of the disputed first round, called for new elections under the supervision of a new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP)…

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Haiti - Social : Risk of Dominican-Haitian clashes on January 3

"Today, we are invaded by Haitians, they are responsible for most thefts and assaults committed in our neighborhoods, they throw garbage in the streets they live in boarding houses with no bathrooms and defecate in plastic bags that they throw them in front of houses, schools, businesses and other places, we are desperate" reported José Francisco Consuegra President of the… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on December 31, 2010 at 12:08pm — 2 Comments

Aristide and the endless revolution in Haiti {Documentary Film}

An hour south of Miami is the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, Haiti. In 1991 its citizens elected a former Roman Catholic priest and exponent of liberation theology, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, as president. Popular among Haiti's poor and disenfranchised, Aristide become a target of Haiti's business interests (and the political parties that served those interests) because of his daring policies which tried to raise the standard of living for the huge majority of Haitians. During his second…

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