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D.R. President: Haiti has no valid argument to prohibit imports
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- Created on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:47 AM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - The Dominican President said on Tuesday that Haiti had no valid arguments to ban import and sale of the Dominican products in the nation.
Dominicans propose closing already closed border with Haiti
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- Created on Monday, June 17, 2013 9:27 AM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - The leader of the National Progressive Force (FNP) political party in the Dominican Republic suggested to Dominican President Danilo Medina that he should close the border with Haiti and increase immigration control.
Violent eviction of alleged Haitians occupying public spaces in D.R.
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- Created on Sunday, June 16, 2013 10:38 AM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - The Dominican police and the Dominican national army held an operation of "violent" evictions of dozens of allegedly Haitian nationals who were occupying the public space of the Villas Agricolas, Distrito Nacional in the capital city of Santo Domingo.
Quebec City to build $2 million fire station in Port-au-Prince
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- Created on Saturday, June 15, 2013 2:09 PM
QUEBEC CITY, Canada (defend.ht) - The Mayor of Quebec City, Régis Labeaume, announced on Friday that the city will sign for the construction of a new fire station in Port-au-Prince, which will be financed by a Quebecois investor at a cost of $2 million [US].
Dominicans exporting insults, accusations after Haiti ban
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- Created on Saturday, June 15, 2013 2:36 PM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - Unable to send poultry items over the border due to a partial ban, government officials in the Dominican Republic are now exporting insults and accusations to Haiti and its government saying "Haiti does not exist" and that the country is "ruled by a gang."
United Kingdom reopens Embassy in Haiti
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- Created on Thursday, June 13, 2013 7:22 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Wednesday, at the Canadian Embassy, the Embassy of Britain in Haiti was reopened and an announcement was made that Haitian Embassy in London would soon be opened.
Dominican delegation in Haiti hopes to lift poultry ban
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- Created on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 12:34 PM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - A Dominican Presidential Commission left for Haiti on Wednesday to meet with Haitian government officials. The Dominican delegation hopes to get a ban on Dominican meats and poultry products lifted.
U.N. condemns eviction of earthquake victims
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- Created on Monday, June 10, 2013 11:04 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) — The United Nations is condemning the eviction of up to 150 Haitian families living in a makeshift settlement established after the 2010 earthquake.
Dominicans say it's not bird flu, it's swine flu
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- Created on Monday, June 10, 2013 7:56 AM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - Dominican officials say Haiti has erroneously reported that their country has an outbreak of avian flu and therefore has wrongly banned the import of meats, chickens, eggs and other goods that will threaten Dominican businesses.
Via Video Conference, Argentine President inaugurates hospital in Haiti
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- Created on Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:00 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, inaugurated a hospital in Haiti on Tuesday via video conference with President Michel Martelly.
International coaliton pledges* $28.1 million to fight cholera in Haiti and D.R.
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- Created on Tuesday, June 04, 2013 2:36 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (defend.ht) - An international coalition consisting of the World Bank, Pan American Health Organization and UNICEF has pledged* an accumulated $28.1 million [US] to fight cholera in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
19 Members of U.S. Congress urge UN to take responsibility for cholera in Haiti
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- Created on Tuesday, June 04, 2013 8:42 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (defend.ht) - Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), a strong advocate for the Haitian people in the U.S. Congress, sent a letter on Thursday to Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, expressing concerns about the lack of progress in responding effectively to the Haitian cholera epidemic. This is the second time U.S. Representatives have called the UN to take responsibility for cholera in Haiti.
Dominican President to lead reforestation ceremony in Haiti
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- Created on Tuesday, June 04, 2013 8:18 AM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - Dominican President Danilo Medina will travel to Haiti on Wednesday where he will lead a ceremony for International Environmental Day.
PetroCaribe Economic Zone goes in effect June 29
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- Created on Monday, June 03, 2013 4:37 PM
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (defend.ht) - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced that the agreements creating the Economic Zone of the PetroCaribe Energy Agreement will take effect in late June. The announcement was made during Maduro's visit to Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega, this past weekend.
Representatives of 31 countries demand UN troops to leave Haiti in 2014
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- Created on Monday, June 03, 2013 11:39 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Representatives from 31 countries attended the Continental Conference for the Withdrawal of MINUSTAH held in Port-au-Prince on Friday and Saturday under the theme "Unite for the departure of MINUSTAH". A resolution was signed at the conference for the total withdraw of the United Nations peacekeeping forces from Haiti by May 28, 2014.
Brazil urges regional effort to stop illegal migration from Haiti
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- Created on Monday, June 03, 2013 10:50 AM
BRASILIA, Brazil (defend.ht) - Brazil is hoping to lead a regional effort to keep immigrants, particularly Haitians, from crossing its border illegally.
Chinese offer $3B [US] for Caribbean countries, not Haiti and others
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- Created on Monday, June 03, 2013 8:23 AM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (defend.ht) - Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries that support China's "One China" policy will be able to benefit from $3 billion [US] in concessional loans. Haiti will not benefit because it maintains relations with Taiwan.
U.S. issues 2-day visa to Haitian Parliamentarian
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- Created on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:01 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Deputy Arnel Belizaire denounced receiving a Visa to enter the United States that is only valid for 2 days.
Haiti: Brazilian Air Force plane crashes at Port-au-Prince Airport
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- Created on Sunday, May 26, 2013 5:26 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Even as the minutes approached 1 am, Port-au-Prince's Toussaint Louverture airport remained blocked, no planes leaving or entering since 2pm, due to an engine fire and crash of a Brazilian Air Force plane carrying 121 peacekeepers.
Massive operation repatriates more than 350 sugarcane workers from D.R.
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- Created on Saturday, May 25, 2013 6:32 AM
JIMANI, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - The Jano Siksè Border Network reported on Thursday that between 350 and 500 workers that had been working the past 6 months at the Central Barahona Sugar Consortium plantations were repatriated to Haiti. In April, it was reported that 567 had been returned in the same manner.
