Haitian Politics
Petrocaribe Heads of States pay tribute to Hugo Chavez
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CARACAS, Venezuela (defend.ht) - Heads of States and Governments paid tribute to Hugo Chavez on Sunday at the Cuartel de la Montaña on the occasion of the 7th PetroCaribe Summit.
PetroCaribe and ALBA states discuss free economic zone
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CARACAS, Venezuela (defend.ht) - Venezuela will lead discussions on creating a free economic zone between the countries of Petrocaribe and the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) on Saturday and Sunday in Caracas during the Summit of Heads of States and Governments of Petrocaribe.
Senator Moïse returns from South American campaign to withdraw MINUSTAH
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- Created on Saturday, May 04, 2013 11:45 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Senator Jean-Charles Moïse returned to Haiti on Thursday after meeting with dignitaries in Brazil and Argentina. The senator said both Brazilian and Argentinian officials said they are prepared to remove their troops from Haiti but it would depend on the decision of the administration.
President Martelly to Venezuela for PetroCaribe Summit
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Martelly left Haiti on Friday for Venezuela where he will participate in the Summit of Heads of State of Member Countries of PetroCaribe.
Judge sides with Yvenoline Dargenson over Spiegel, in N. Miami Bch Council race judgement
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MIAMI, USA (defend.ht) - Yvenoline Dargenson got a judicial victory on Friday when Miami Dade Circuit Judge, Darrin Gayles, denied her North Miami Beach Seat 4 opponent, Beth Spiegel's, request to prevent her votes from being counted.
MIAMI, USA (defend.ht) - Yvenoline Dargenson got a judicial victory on Friday when Miami Dade Circuit Judge, Darrin Gayles, denied her North Miami Beach Seat 4 opponent, Beth Spiegel's, request to prevent her votes from being counted.
It was after a five hour hearing that Judge Gayles, according to Dargenson, “let me take my case before the voters.”
Dargenson is a mother of three and has worked as a Management Support Analyst for the Federal Government for the past 13 years. Her opponent, Spiegel, a North Miami Beach councilwoman, tried to diqualify her from the running on the basis of residency. Judge Gayles found that Spiegel had not proven a likelihood of success on the merits, and that she had an adequate remedy at law, according to Dargenson's council, former Mayor of North Miami, Frank Wolland.
Wolland expressed his dismay with North Miami Beach’s questionable practice of employing police officers to investigate candidates. “In America we should let the voters decide the candidate’s qualifications to hold office, not the police,“ he said of the pursuit of his client, Candidate Dargenson.
Early voting in North Miami Beach began on May 2nd, and the election is May 7th. Dargenson would say, “I’m so happy that the Judge upheld the people’s right to decide.”
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Haiti: Gov't demonstrates intolerance, but says it's for Press Freedom
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- Created on Saturday, May 04, 2013 5:56 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On World Press Freedom Day, Friday, the government of Michel Martelly said it "strives tirelessly to facilitate the work of journalists", a declaration that does not reflect the reality of the past two years or even the past 3 months.
Report: UN-Haiti cholera recommendations unimplemented after two years
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BOSTON, USA (defend.ht/P4H) — On the second anniversary of the UN report on the origins of cholera in Haiti, a Physicians for Haiti report card finds that the UN has not implemented the most effective, no-cost recommendations from their own report on the outbreak.
Haiti: 1.2 million trees not planted but a speech delivered by President Martelly
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Disappointment on Wednesday as 1.2 million trees were not planted as announced by the Haitian government but that did not stop President Michel Martelly from managing a long speech about the agriculture and the environment.
Haiti: Judge grants Deputies access to dossier on Walky Calixte murder
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Judge Jean Wilner Morin on Monday honored the request of a Special Commission of the Chamber of Deputies to access all available information on the murder of police officer Walky Calixte in order to rule on the request for dropping parliamentary immunity for Deputies M'Zounaya Jean Baptiste Bellange and Rodriguez Sejour.
Brazil's "humanitarian" decision to uncap visas to Haitians
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- Created on Thursday, May 02, 2013 12:19 PM
BRASILIA, Brazil (defend.ht) - It was a humanitarian decision said the Brazilian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tovar da Silva Nunes on Tuesday, on his government's decision Monday to allow an unlimited number of Haitians to get work visas in the country.
OAS & UN Core Groups on Haiti Meet in Washington
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- Created on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 11:37 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (defend.ht) - The United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN-ECOSOC) Advisory Group on Haiti met with counterparts from the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC this week, to exchange information and review initiatives funded by Member States and executed in Haiti.
Police operation in Jacmel to identify the HIV positive
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JACMEL, Haiti (defend.ht) - Authorities in Jacmel rounded up young girls spending time in the cafés of the city in order to test them for AIDS and according to the Commissioner of Jacmel, Antoine Jean Frero, in the first week, 9 young women regularly found at two of the city's cafés tested positive for HIV.
Haiti: Senate President denounces plan to postpone overdue elections to 2014
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President of the National Assembly, Senator Simon Desras, denounced a group in the international community that doesn't want Haiti to have elections in 2013, this comes after the U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, Pamela White, said on Washington-based Voice of America radio, that Haitians should prepare for elections in 2014.
Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti hit with $100,000 lawsuit
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NEWARK, USA (defend.ht) - 48 hours after the release of his mixtape April Showers, Wyclef Jean, through his bygone charity Yele Haiti is being sued for more than $100,000 [US].
Linda Dorcena Forry gets Democratic nod for Mass. State Senate
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- Created on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 11:45 AM
BOSTON, USA (defend.ht) - On Wednesday, the Haitian American Association for Political Action (HAAPA) announced the victory of Linda Dorcena Forry to be the Democratic nominee for the vacant Massachusetts State Senate seat.
Haiti Senator Exius: ONA Director resign or drop Social Affairs Minister
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - "The Director of Bureau and Mines cried. He realized he did so much wrong that he cried," said the Chairman of the Senate Justice and Public Safety Committee, Senator Pierre Franky Exius, who reflected on the "audacity" of the Director of the National Office of Pensions, Bernard Degraff.
Haiti: Senator Moïse tells Argentines MINUSTAH is occupying force
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- Created on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 7:10 AM
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (defend.ht) - While visiting dignitaries in Argentina, Senator Jean Charles Moise (Nord/Inite) denounced human rights abuses carried out by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti and said MINUSTAH is not about developing Haiti but a covert occupying force.
Haiti: PM denounces aggression by former state employees against ONA Director
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- Created on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:23 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Office of Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe denounced the act of aggression by former state employees that physically assaulted the Director General of the National Office of Pensions while in Parliament. Director Bernard Degraff is accused of making waves of irregular and untimely dismissals of employees, dramatically increasing his own salary and transferring worker pensions to private bank accounts, not in the Central Bank.
Haiti: Police say arrest made in Canadian priest shooting
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- Created on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:39 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Haitian police said that an arrest for the shooting of a Canadian Catholic priest in Delmas last week was made. But police have not provided any details.
Assault on ONA Director in Parliament "regrettable" says Senator Desras
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- Created on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:06 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Senate President Simon Desras said measures will be taken against security officials at the Haitian Parliament who were believed to have either aided or were passive on Monday allowing the Director of the Office of National Pensions to be assaulted by disgruntled employees and union workers.
