Haiti: Interim-Mayor of Petion-Ville bans students from parks during school hours

Haití: Interim-alcalde de Petion-Ville prohíbe a los estudiantes de los parques durante el horario escolar

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The interim-Mayor of Petion-Ville released a notice said to aim at ending truancy, the intentional absence from school, of students by banning access for them at...

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FAIL 1. Realizing a more Sovereign Haiti

FALLO 1. Al darse cuenta de un Haití más Sovereign

I wonder if those who believe Deputy Luckner Noel kneeling at the feet of Michel Martelly...

FAIL 2. Furthering Democracy

FALLO 2. Fomento de la Democracia

A funny thing I've noticed in the past two years. Whenever the Haitian government is holding...

FAIL 3: Not Leveraging the Power of the Haitian Diaspora

FALLO 3: No Aprovechando el poder de la Diáspora Haitiana

The Haitian Diaspora, they are politicians, business executives, actors, artist, athletes, writers, leaders in their domain...

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Alexandre Dumas: The Black Count

Alexandre Dumas: El Conde Negro

Alexandre Dumas, born in Haiti 1762, was one of those unforgettable men. Dashing. Powerful. Intelligent. Kind. In battle, he performed...

Haiti: Candidate for Mayor in Gonaives released from jail, charges dropped

Haiti: Candidate for Mayor in Gonaives released…

GONAIVES, Haiti (defend.ht) - After one month in jail, Roosevelt Augustin, candidate for the Mayor of Gonaives, Vice-President of The Christian Movement for a New Haiti, was released from jail...

Continental Conference to End the Military Occupation of Haiti

Continental Conference to End the Military Occupation…

The Continental Conference to end the military occupation of Haiti, spearheaded by a Brazilian political action committee called “To Defend Haiti Is To Defend Ourselves,” attended by activists from the...

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La antología editada por Edwidge Danticat le da un toque único haitiano en el género de crimen

"Danticat ha logrado reunir un retrato colectivo de la cultura haitiana y la resistencia que es motivo de celebración". - Publishers Weekly