Category Archives: Haitian News

Bill Clinton will hold a special session on Haiti’s recovery with the country’s president and prime minister at his annual philanthropy summit as part of what he called an effort to “shake loose” funds promised by governments to the earthquake-devastated … Continue reading →

(AP:PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) U.S. and Haitian officials signed an agreement Monday with a South Korean clothing manufacturer to build garment factories that they said will employ 10,000 people in this quake-ravaged nation.

Associated Press PETIONVILLE, Haiti — Haiti held its second presidential debate ever Saturday, a sparsely attended event that was short on detailed responses from the candidates and disrupted by multiple power blackouts.

It’s been more than eight months since a devastating earthquake destroyed the capital of Haiti. Host Liane Hansen talks with NPR’s Jason Beaubien, who’s returned to Haiti to assess recovery and rebuilding efforts months after the capital, Port au Prince, … Continue reading →

Associated Press PETIONVILLE, Haiti — Haiti held its second presidential debate ever Saturday, a sparsely attended event that was short on detailed responses from the candidates and disrupted by multiple power blackouts.

Haiti held its second presidential debate ever Saturday, a sparsely attended event that was short on detailed responses from the candidates and disrupted by multiple power blackouts. South Florida’s Haitian community gathered at a watch party to see who their … Continue reading →

As Haiti gears up for its first-ever internationally televised presidential debate Saturday, confidence in the government’s ability to hold a credible poll is being undermined by allegations that President René Préval is attempting to sway the election.

Extradited from the Dominican Republic, wanted in Pennsylvania and indicted in Vermont for allegedly smuggling illegal immigrants, a former adviser to U.S. missionaries who were accused of taking children out of Haiti was ordered held without bail Friday.

Extradited from the Dominican Republic, wanted in Pennsylvania and indicted in Vermont for allegedly smuggling illegal immigrants, a former adviser to U.S. missionaries who were accused of taking children out of Haiti was…

BURLINGTON — A former adviser to American missionaries who were accused of taking children out of Haiti has pleaded not guilty in Vermont in a 2002 immigrant smuggling case.