Haitians demand priority after government spends $3.8M for a brief visit from Colombia’s leader
Haiti's government has invested more than $3.8 million to welcome Colombia's president. The money was used to more than double the runway at the airport in the coastal city of Jacmel, repair its ...
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BOOK CORNER: New book tells the story of Haiti’s king Henry Cristophe
The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe” by Marlene L. Daut is an insightful new book that shares the captivating history of ...
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Racial justice, climate justice, and reparations: Haiti as an exemplary case
Movements for climate justice and movements for reparations for colonial harms can reinforce each other. Haiti’s climate ...
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Biological Processes Shape Arsenic's Distribution In The Atmosphere More Than Previously Thought
Researchers at ETH Zurich have found traces of arsenic in particulate matter, clouds, and rainwater. Using new optimized measurement techniques, they have identified various ways that the toxic ...
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Guatemalan and Salvadoran forces arrive in Haiti to join fight against violent gangs
Security forces from Guatemala and El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Friday to reinforce a multinational mission tasked with tackling the country’s rampant gang violence, the Haitian National Police ...
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Guatemalan and Salvadoran forces arrive in Haiti to join fight against violent gangs
Police patrol around Bernard Mevs hospital where armed gangs have spread violence in Port-au-Prince on December 17, 2024.
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Soldiers from Guatemala, El Salvador deployed in Haiti
Port-au-Prince, HAITI (AFP) — More than 80 soldiers from Guatemala and El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Friday as part of the Kenyan-led multinational mission to bolster the national police force ...
Haitian Times23d
Jeweler Stechelie Samedi hopes to craft a better future for Haiti, one handmade creation at a time
At the Dec. 22 event, Samedi was proud to show attendees the products that take shape in her hands, guided by her imagination. For her, handcrafting jewelry is more than a vocation, but a means to ...
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The History That Makes Black and Haitian New Year’s Traditions So Meaningful
From 1697 to 1804, French colonialism and enslaved labor made Saint-Domingue (modern-day Haiti) the most profitable colony in the Americas. The wealth from coffee and sugar attained by the white ...
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Hospitals under attack: Gang violence threatens Haiti’s healthcare system
The Bernard Mevs hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s only neurological trauma center, was set on fire with Molotov cocktails last week by a coalition of gangs known as Viv Ansanm. With 87 beds, it ...
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Carter’s foreign policy toward Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti left huge marks on South Florida
Ortega is still in power as the head of one of the most repressive regimes in the hemisphere. Haiti and human rights In Haiti, Carter faced a dilemma he had wrestled with several times ...
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Haitians Flee Gangs on a Mountain Trail ‘Where Even the Dogs Don’t Go’
The mountain trail south of Haiti’s capital was long used only by farmers hauling strawberries to market and the rare adventurous hiker. It passes bucolic highland pine forests and follows ...