20/12/07
Peru to send 205 rotational troops to UN mission in Haiti
Xinhua – China
19 (Xinhua) — Peru will send 205 soldiers to rotate its contingent of the
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), officials said on…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/20/content_7283918.htm
Haiti Updates: Rene Civil Free!
Pacific Free Press – Victoria,BC,Canada
Most of these updates have actions that you can still take to make a
difference for human rights in Haiti. So if you have not made your
contribution to …
pacificfreepress.com/content/view/2013/1/
ACN trip to Haiti reveals urgent need for help
Aid to the Church in Need (press release) – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
MASSIVE support is desperately needed for Haiti – amid reports that there
is no end in sight to the people’s devastating poverty and sheer
helplessness. …
members4.boardhost.com/acnaus/msg/1198114701.html
Infant survival in Haiti after maternal death from peripartum …
Previous reports have documented the high incidence and maternal outcomes of PPCM in Haiti. This brief report highlights the new finding that infants born healthy to mothers who die of PPCM frequently also die within their first year of …
www.infoforhealth.org/search/search_results_single.php?start
_num=0&fullrecordID=402770&fullrecordtype=7&query=oid
%3A402770&subquery=
19/12/07
Immigrant children more likely to have lead poisoning, study shows
International Herald Tribune – France
… previous six months — especially children from the Dominican
Republic, Haiti, Mexico and Pakistan — were 11 times more likely to have
lead poisoning. …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/19/
america/NA-MED-US-Lead-Poisoning.php
Haiti economy much stronger in 07
General discusion about Haiti.
www.haitixchange.com/hx/forum/display_topic_threads
.asp?ForumID=1&TopicID=5202&PagePosition=1
Operation Noel brings hope to Haiti in midst of despair
Florida Baptist Witness – Jacksonville,FL,USA
In the aftermath of the storm that hit Haiti Oct. 29, Florida Baptists
spearheaded three massive distributions of rice into all corners of the
Caribbean …
www.floridabaptistwitness.com/8227.article
HAITI: Read, Learn and Pass Along
By hcvanalysis
As I peruse the the media and blogs on the Internet for news about Haiti, one thing is constant. No one mentions the US-backed coup of 2004 in which the democratically-elected president was kidnapped. In its aftermath, at least 8000 …
hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/2007/12/
19/haiti-read-learn-and-pass-along/
Haiti: Haiti Now! Film Festival
By Janine Mendes-Franco
kiskeácity links to a review of the Haiti Now! Seminar, held earlier
this year: “There have been some misunderstandings between anglophone
West Indians and Haitians over Caricom and its role in Haiti so this
kind of cultural effort for …
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/12/19/haiti-haiti-now-film-festival/
UN acted quickly to abuse in Haiti, but more must be done
Sun-Sentinel.com – Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
Thankfully, the United Nations authorities supervising peacekeepers in
Haiti acted swiftly and resolutely. Still, the damage from a sex
exploitation scandal …
www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/
sfl-editafhaitiabusesbdec19,0,1413563.story
In Haiti, abuses taint mission to protect
MiamiHerald.com – Miami,FL,USA
So recent allegations of sexual misconduct among peacekeepers in Haiti
taint the mission there as well as the United Nations overall. …
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/349837.html
Commentary: Haiti’s cultural explosion
Caribbean Net News – Georgetown,Cayman Islands
By Jean H Charles Haiti was at the end of the November and at the beginning
of December, the theater of an unprecedented cultural explosion. …
www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-5057—6-6—.html
Haiti Now! Film Festival at UWI
By Alice B.(Alice B.)
An interesting review of the Haiti Now! Seminar which happened earlier
this year at the University of the West Indies’ St-Augustine campus in
Trinidad. This is not the freshest news but there have been some
misunderstandings between …
kiskeyacity.blogspot.com/2007/12/haiti-now-film-festival-at-uwi.html
República Dominicana y Haiti: Tormenta Tropical Olga (al 13 dic …
Size: 122k Date: 18 Dec 2007 Format: pdf Source: United Nations Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – ReliefWeb.
www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/
CMAS-79ZT3U?OpenDocument&RSS20=25-P
18/12/07
Alleged fraud involving UN troops in DRCongo, Haiti probed
AFP –
“The case of staff members accused of wrongdoing in connection with
procurement exercises in MINUSTAH (the 9200-strong UN mission in Haiti) and
MONUC (the …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j2e-4HtCg-A_XSIYBX6ZUY4A9c4Q
ACT Appeal Haiti: Tropical Storm Noel – LAHT72
ReliefWeb (press release) – Geneva,Switzerland
Tropical storm Noel hit the island of Hispaniola and caused heavy damages
in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The passage of Noel lasted 7 full
days, …
www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db90
0SID/EMAE-79ZLTA?OpenDocument
US urges probe into UN peacekeeping fraud report
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
… UN procurement officials had been charged with misconduct for allegedly
soliciting bribes and rigging bids for peacekeeping forces in Congo and
Haiti. …
africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnN18494137.html
Dominican Republic and Haiti: Tropical Storm Olga – Rapid Response …
Size: 960k Date: 18 Dec 2007 Format: pdf Source: Dartmouth Flood Observatory.
www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/
LRAY-79ZJX7?OpenDocument&RSS20=25-P
Wyclef Jean visits youth prison in Haiti
Wyclef Jean asked a crowd of child inmates in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, what they want for Christmas, standing on a plastic chair to see every young face in an overcrowded juvenile prison.
www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/
20071217/ENTERTAINMENT/712170355/1164/RSS07
Wyclef, Akon Put A Spotlight On Haiti’s Suffering And Beauty At …
Haiti’s most famous diplomat was very busy over the weekend in his native country. Wyclef Jean co-headlined the first Yele Festival …
www.mtvasia.com/News/200712/18015169.html
Medical group leaving once-notorious Haitian slum, citing improved …
International Herald Tribune – France
AP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: An international medical aid group is ending its
operations in Haiti’s once-impassable Cite Soleil slum because security
there has …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/18/news
/CB-GEN-Haiti-Improving-Slum.php
Dominican officials say Tropical Storm Olga killed 33, as 9 more …
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wien,Austria
The December storm, two weeks after the end of the Atlantic hurricane
season, also killed two people in northern Haiti and one in Puerto Rico.…
www.pr-inside.com/dominican-offi
cials-say-tropical-storm-r352687.htm
Wyclef, Akon Put A Spotlight On Haiti’s Suffering And Beauty At …
By MTV
Haiti’s most famous diplomat was very busy over the weekend in his native country. Wyclef Jean co-headlined the first Yele Festival with Akon; the event was the brainchild of the two recording artists and manager Jimmy “Henchman” …
yourhereblog.mtv.com/2007/12/17/wyclef-akon-put-a-spotlight
-on-haitis-suffering-and-beauty-at-yele-festival/
17/12/07
Foreign Minister visits Dominican Republic and Haiti
Radio Taiwan International – Taipei,Taiwan
While in Haiti, Huang met with Haitian President Rene Preval and exchanged
views about business cooperation and agricultural development.
english.rti.org.tw/Content/GetSingleNews.aspx?ContentID=49185
FOUR HAITIANS SENTENCED TO LONG TERMS IN HOSTAGE-TAKING OF A NINE …
Media Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
WASHINGTON-Four hostage-takers have been sentenced to long prison terms for
taking hostage a nine-year-old American girl in Haiti in 2005, …
media-newswire.com/release_1058900.html
No agriculture means no life for border communities
Dominican Today – Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic
Nova and his family are just one example of how people on both sides of
this central portion of the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti
have …
www.dominicantoday.com/dr/poverty/2007/12/17/26425/
No-agriculture-means-no-life-for-border-communities
Haiti: Restavek
By Janine Mendes-Franco
Denise Green at Haiti Innovation blogs about the island’s Restavek situation.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/12/17/haiti-restavek/
Did He Jump or Was He Pushed?: Aristide and the 2004 Coup in Haiti
By blackandred
[W]hat happened in the climactic hours just before [former President Jean-Bertrand] Aristide left Haiti. With his back to the wall, did he choose to save his skin and accept a US offer for safe passage to a friendly third country? …
mostlywater.org/did_he_jump_or_was
_he_pushed_aristide_and_2004_coup_haiti_2
UN faces new sex scandal in Haiti
The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
IN THE latest sex scandal to tarnish the United Nations, at least 114 Sri
Lankan troops have been expelled from the stabilisation mission in Haiti
for …
www.theage.com.au/news/world/un-faces-new-sex
-scandal-in-haiti/2007/12/16/1197740087642.html
“Chinois” peacekeepers leave indelible impression in Haiti
Xinhua – China
16 (Xinhua) — What do you do when your armored car has a blowout on
Haiti’s “road of death?” That was the scenario faced by Chinese
peacekeepers on their …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/16/content_7261840.htm
Chinese Riot Squad returns from Haiti
CCTV – Beijing,China
Members of China’s third riot police squad to Haiti under the United
Nations peace-keeping mission take part in training in Langfang City, north
China’s …
www.cctv.com/english/20071216/101612.shtml
Wyclef and Akon Visited HAiti
The Dominion – Sackville,New Brunswick,Canada
Wyclef and Akon visited Bel’Air one of the poorest districts in
Port-Au-Prince during their visit in Haiti. The people were happy to
reserve them, …
www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/wadner_pierre/1577
16/12/07
UN confronts another sex scandal
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
In Haiti, more than 100 peacekeeping troops from Sri Lanka are deported on
suspicion of illicit liaisons. By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times
Staff …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-haitisex15
dec15,1,1408756.story?coll=la-headlines-world&track=crosspromo
Haiti: Leading Human Rights Activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine …
By Mark S.
Since his kidnapping the US and Canadian Embassies in Port-au-Prince have been totally silent. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch Remain Silent. Pierre-Antoine’s wife, Michele, says she has received no help from the Haitian …
www.care2.com/news/member/101933861/571907
15/12/07
Bay Area Indymedia – San Francisco,CA,USA
by Ben Terrall & Bill Carpenter On December 11, 2007, the Bay Area-based
Haiti Action Committee held a demonstration in downtown San Francisco in
solidarity …
www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/14/18466938.php
14/12/07
Miami Herald Op-Ed: To help Haiti recover, cancel its debt
By jubileeusa
In October, 79-year old minister David Duncombe broke a 46-day starvation fast at a prayer breakfast in Washington attended by members of Congress, African parliamentarians and religious leaders from Haiti and the United States. …
jubileeusa.typepad.com/blog_the_debt/2007/12/miami-herald-op.html
Africa: The Routes and Possibilities of a South-South Subversive …
AllAfrica.com – Washington,USA
In Haiti today, 184 is the number of people and institutions who signed a
petition against President Aristide, denouncing him in a manner reminiscent
of the …
allafrica.com/stories/200712140291.html
Olga Survivors Complain of Late Warning
The Associated Press –
The death toll stood at 25 across the Caribbean, including two other deaths
in the Dominican Republic, two in northern Haiti and one in Puerto Rico.…
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gVWjsP
Eiqe1tEu2mhBIRaxxGi8owD8TGSM683
Haiti: Leading Human Rights Activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine …
The Narco News Bulletin – New York,NY,USA
He is co-founder of the Trant Septanm (”September 30") Foundation, an
organization originally formed to help the victims of the 1991 coup in
Haiti. …
www.narconews.com/Issue48/article2935.html
13/12/07
Debt Cancellation for Haiti: No Reason for Further Delays
Debt Cancellation for Haiti: No Reason for Further Delays Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval December 2007 Center for Economic and Policy Research 1611 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20009 202-293-5380 www.cepr.net …
www.scribd.com/doc/904387/Debt-Cancell
ation-for-Haiti-No-Reason-for-Further-Delays
By Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval | Center for Economic and …
By jubileeusa
This paper, “Debt Cancellation for Haiti: No Reason for Further Delays”, presents an overview of Haiti’s outstanding foreign debt, and how much of this debt is scheduled to be canceled under Haiti’s participation in the International …
jubileeusa.typepad.com/blog_the
_debt/2007/12/by-mark-weisbro.html
China’s sixth peacekeeping squad leaves for Haiti
Xinhua – China
13 (Xinhua) — China’s sixth peacekeeping squad for the United Nations
mission in Haiti left Beijing on Thursday. The 95 members will join a
30-member …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/13/content_7243544.htm
US to fund Haiti’s money laundering prosecutions
The US ambassador to Haiti and the island’s minister of justice have signed an agreement on technical assistance to investigate and prosecute money laundering offences.
www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=100226
Delayed Debt Cancellation Will Hurt Haiti – Report
Hardbeatnews.com – Jackson Heights,NY,USA
13, 2007: Delays in debt cancellation for Haiti could have tragic
consequences on the already poverty-stricken nation, a new report obtained
by HBN claims. …
www.hardbeatnews.com/editor/RTE/my_documents/
my_files/details.asp?newsid=14310&title=Top%20Stories
Court weighs feeding tube for Haitian man scheduled for deportation
International Herald Tribune – France
The lawyers believe that returning him to Haiti amounts to torture, given
the lack of medical resources there. Pierre, now in his 40s, was convicted
of …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/12/ameri
ca/NA-GEN-US-Deportation-Feeding-Tube.php |
