May 15, 2015
Categories: Foreign Policy, History, United States
Tags: policing, program, sovereignty, United States
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The U.S. State Department has begun a community policing program in Haiti that aims to strengthen ties between officers and the neighbourhoods they patrol in a country where police are largely mistrusted. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The U.S. State Department has begun a community policing program in Haiti that aims to strengthen ties …
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May 15, 2015
Categories: Foreign Policy, Haiti, Human Rights, Justice, Politics
Tags: arrest, international prosecution, law
Source: www.sys-con.com The Law Society of Upper Canada Expresses Grave Concerns about the Arrest and Harassment of Andre Michel in Haiti See on Scoop.it – Haiti – History
May 15, 2015
Categories: Foreign Policy, Haiti, Leadership, Politics, United States
Tags: Haitian government, MIT, workshop
Two MIT professors traveled to Haiti this summer to conduct an intensive leadership workshop with the country’s prime minister, Laurent Lamothe, and more than 50 Haitian government ministers and cabinet members. Source: mitsloan.mit.edu Two MIT professors traveled to Haiti this summer to conduct an intensive leadership workshop with the country’s prime minister, Laurent Lamothe, and …
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May 15, 2015
Categories: Africa, Foreign Policy, United States
Tags: elections, Obama, summit
Obama’s summit with African leaders puts human rights on the back burner in favor of investment and profit opportunities for U.S. corporations. Source: nonprofitquarterly.org hy might leaders such as Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan, South Africa’s Jacob Zuma, and Mauritania’s Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz want to meet with members of the African Diaspora in the U.S.? The Migration …
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August 8, 2014
Categories: Foreign Policy
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These maps are crucial for understanding the region’s history, its present, and some of the most important stories there today. 1. The fertile crescent, the cradle of civilization If this area wasn’t the birthplace of human civilization, it was at least a birthplace of human civilization. Called “the fertile crescent” because of its lush …