PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti pop star-turned-president Michel Martelly will not be singing tonight at a concert that aimed to raise money for schools. SEE ALSO: After Rhodes Lie Exposure, Yale Coach Quits Presidential adviser Damian Merlo says the Friday night concert was canceled because of the holiday season and the complexity of organizing such […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Ron Duprat, a robust celebrity chef decked out in skull-and-crossbones Crocs and a navy blue apron, pauses from his mango-slicing duties at the Karibe Hotel to introduce what he says is a simple recipe for his impoverished country, still battered nearly two years after a devastating earthquake. SEE ALSO: Sandusky Witness Changed […]
Nov 9, 2011  – Two medical aid groups in cholera-stricken Haiti are planning a pilot campaign to administer a cholera vaccine to about 1% of the population, but some public health experts are questioning whether the effort is the most cost-effective way to fight the disease, according to press reports. Meanwhile, a Boston-based human-rights group […]
An op-ed appearing on TheGrio today talks about Wikileaks documents and how they reveal that the U.S. has held back Haiti both financially and politically throughout time. The writer, Mycheal Denzel Smith, claims that instead of looking out for the Haitian people and helping to build their interests both structurally and economically, the U.S. has […]
HAITI– Former singer Michel Martelly was sworn in Saturday as Haiti’s new president, promising change in a impoverished country still recovering from last year’s devastating earthquake.
HAITI-Michel Martelly is the new president of Haiti according to Reuters. Reuters reports that Martelly won Haiti’s Presidential election according to official preliminary results. Martelly is also know as “Sweet Micky,” after his Kompa band. He is friends with former Haitian President, President René Préval Martelly was supporter of the 1991 coup that ousted President […]
Despite the fact that Haiti is still in turmoil more than a year after the tragic earthquake that happened this year, the thoughts and prayers of many Haitians are with the people of Japan. RELATED: 25 reasons we love Arsenio Hall Huffpo journalist, Bryn Mooser reports: When news of the Japan disaster was coming in […]
JOHANNESBURG — Ousted ex-Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will return within days to his homeland ending seven years in exile, a South African official said Friday. The former slum priest remains hugely popular and his return could disrupt elections this month in his earthquake-ravaged country. RELATED: Top 10 religious moments of the decade In Haiti, an […]
HAITI-AFP There are reports in Haiti, that people connected to Voodoo are being lynched and burned in Haiti because some Haitians feel that they are responsible for the cholera epidemic. The AFP reports: Angry Haitian mobs have lynched at least 45 people in recent weeks, accusing them of spreading a cholera outbreak that has killed […]
Though its roots are in Trinidad and Tobago, the West Indian American Day Carnival Parade has always been an all-inclusive Caribbean affair, and this year, Haiti’s going to get some special attention, according to carnival spokeswoman Jean Alexander.
Wyclef Jean is lashing out at the country he wants to lead.
With Wyclef Jean’s recent run for Haitian Presidential candidacy, the Haitian artist’s past activity with Yéle is now in question. It was widely reported that Yéle’s 2006 tax filing revealed $350,000 in questionable payments to two companies that Mr. Jean and his cousin control, including $250,000 to a Haitian television station they had just acquired. […]
