December 13, 2010
Categories: United States
US AID says it is committed to increasing the amount of contracts going to Haitians. “We already are engaging with Haitian communities to make them aware of how they can partner with us,” said Janice Laurente, a spoke person for US AID. Economists say giving contracts to local businesses creates jobs, which help build the […]
December 13, 2010
Categories: Corruption, Elections, Justice
Tags: 2010 elections, Jude Celestin, MINUSTAH, voter fraud allegations
A GUIDE TO DECODING HAITI’S SHAM ELECTION: “ by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte) ‘Down with all the candidates for president, They want to sell out Haiti To the Americans to fill their pockets.’ Félix Morisseau-Leroy Haiti’s Nov. 28 general elections were a complete disaster, marred by blatant and widespread fraud, manipulation and disenfranchisement. The Center […]
December 13, 2010
Categories: Politics, United States
Tags: budget, elections, United Nations, United States
AS ELECTIONS DERAIL: U.S. AND UN AT ODDS WITH THE “INDISPENSABLE” PRÉVAL: “ by Kim Ives ‘Managing [President René] Préval will remain challenging during the remainder of his term yet doing so is key to our success and that of Haiti,’ wrote then U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Janet Sanderson in a Jun. 16, 2009 confidential […]
December 13, 2010
Categories: Elections
Tags: 2010 elections, election riots
Several government buildings were set ablaze in scattered sections of Haiti and one demonstrator was killed in violent protests ignited by the release of final legislative election results, officials said Saturday. Street demonstrations and clashes between factions troubled several towns around the Caribbean country, though the crowded capital of Port-au-Prince and most other areas […]
December 13, 2010
Categories: Human Rights, Medicine and Health, Politics, United Nations
Tags: cholera
Cholera strain tied to South Asia HMS researchers aid effort to trace the origin of the outbreak A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the biotechnology company Pacific Biosciences, with colleagues from Haiti, has determined that the strain of cholera erupting in Haiti matches bacterial […]