Lavalas flexes its muscles in Haiti
Haiti’s Lavalas movement effectively destroyed the credibility of the April 19 Senate election through a successful boycott campaign called Operation Closed Door. Even the most generous electoral count puts participation at less than 10 percent in the capital of Port-au-Prince, while the actual figure may be as low as 3 percent nationwide.
Saving Haiti’s Environment, Preventing Instability and Conflict | Haiti Innovation
Many papers, books, and presentations have covered in great detail how Haiti came to be deforested.
‘Some come here and die very rapidly. ‘
A cool breeze is blowing as the wasted body of Jean David Droitdieu, carried down steep rocky trails on the shoulders of men chanting an almost cheery dirge, approaches his mother’s house.
W Connection Advances To 2009-2010 Caribbean Qualification Semifinals
Trinidad & Tobago’s W Connection FC advanced to the semifinals of the Caribbean Club Champions Cup on 24 April, defeating SA Cavaly of Haiti 1:0 in Port-au-Prince and completing a 4:1 aggregate victory.
Haiti: Publication Of Senate Election Results
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti today welcomed the publication of election results for the Caribbean country’s Senate although poor turn out meant that none of the candidates picked up sufficient votes to win a seat outright.
Awakening, Sara Groves
Dress down your pretty faith. Give me something real.Leave out the thee and thou and speak to me now.Speak to my pain and confusion.Speak through my fears and my pride.Speak to the part of me that knows I’m something deep down inside.I know that I am not perfect, but compare me to most,In a world of hurt and a world of anger I think I’m holding my own.And I know that you said there is more to
People are dying to get in here …
There is saying in Haiti: "The dead bury the living".Funerals are big business. This is the Jacmel cemetery.
Wear Your Sunscreen!
Gross photos ahead … Troy held my hand and kept reminding me to breathe more slowly. Only once did I nearly launch into panic-attack mode. I pretended to be all chill about it last night – but I lied."Dr. Edna" made us snicker and squeeze each others’ hands with her quirky, animated personality. She showed up 35 minutes after the time she told me to be there. She smoked for the first portion
No winners in 1st round of Haiti Senate election – Haiti & Caribbean
None of the candidates for Haiti’s Senate received the majority vote needed to win outright in balloting this month, leaving 11 vacant seats up for grabs in the runoff election.
B20 Haiti: Saving the Environment, Preventing Inst
Port-au-Prince/Brussels, 28 April 2009: Haiti’s environmental destruction is a time bomb that needs urgent attention if the country is to preserve its social and economic stability.