Category Archives: Haitian News

The number of cholera cases seen in the Haitian capital has jumped about threefold in recent weeks, an official with a foreign aid group said Monday.

European royalty arrived in impoverished Haiti on Friday as Spain’s Queen Sofia came to check on aid efforts that seek to help the Caribbean nation rebuild after last year’s earthquake.

Spain’s Queen Sophia started a rare royal visit to Haiti on Friday to see some of the aid projects that her country has helped finance in the earthquake-stricken country.

Standing steps away from the site where Haiti’s National Palace crumbled, the country’s new prime minister says he hopes to build consensus as he helps reconstruct the country’s devastated infrastructure.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — European royalty arrived in impoverished Haiti on Friday as Spain’s Queen Sofia came to check on aid efforts that seek to help the Caribbean nation rebuild after last year’s earthquake. The queen plans to spend her two-day … Continue reading →

The long wait for Haiti to find a prime minister ended Tuesday after its Senate approved Garry Conille to run the government, hopefully jump-starting stalled earthquake reconstruction efforts.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s Senate approved Garry Conille as prime minister on Tuesday, endorsing President Michel Martelly’s third nominee for the post in a move many hope will boost reconstruction efforts in the earthquake-ravaged nation.

(Reuters) – Haiti’s Senate on Tuesday approved Michel Martelly’s nomination of Gary Conille to be the country’s prime minister, following a similar endorsement last month by the lower house of parliament.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The long wait for Haiti to find a prime minister ended Tuesday after its Senate approved Garry Conille to run the government, hopefully jump-starting stalled earthquake reconstruction efforts. President Michel Martelly’s two previous nominees for the post … Continue reading →

After months of delay, the senate in Haiti accepts President Martelly’s third nominee for prime minister, appointing Garry Conille, an advisor to Bill Clinton.