Child slavery in Haiti no surprise
The reality of child slavery in Haiti cannot be separated from the economic and political priorities favoured by local elites, global institutions like the IMF and the World Bank and powerful countries such as the United States, Canada and France.
Visiting Haiti created a great change in me
Many people told me that going on a mission trip would change me. Truthfully I kind of dismissed that notion.
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Mesac Damas is led out of the Central Department of Judicial Policing in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti to be returned to Florida on an American Airlines flight on Tuesday, September 22, 2009.
Culturespotting
There’s an old Haitian proverb: Ignorance doesn’t kill you, but it makes you sweat a lot.
Keeping the faith: Church members return with changed perspectives
Miriam Arbaugh wasn’t so sure about her husband Joe’s plans to take the family to Haiti for a year of well-drilling and mission work.
Haitian teen in St. Petersburg for surgery
Nikenson Cenatus, 17, of Haiti is staying with Gabrielle Berthelot, 86, who left there in 1970.
Haiti senator: Venezuela loan to build 2nd airport
Venezuela is lending the Haitian government $33 million to turn a run-down airfield in the country’s north into a major international airport and boost tourism hopes, a Haitian lawmaker said Wednesday.
Injunction issued in Haitian Ponzi scheme
A Miami federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against a Miami man charged in connection with a Ponzi scheme that targeted the Haitian-American community.
Jenice Armstrong: Eagle wife helping the poor in Haiti
AROUND HERE, what does $35 get you? Maybe a pedicure at a neighborhood nail salon or a sack of groceries at the local Acme? Even in a recession, for many of us $35 is a negligible amount, a sum that people might not think twice about blowing on something trivial like a trendy T-shirt or a few mojitos with friends.
Miami-Dade Mayor To Host Fifth Annual Haitian Independence Month Celebration
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez, in collaboration with Ayiti History and Resources, is inviting the public to the Fifth Annual Haitian Independence Month Celebration opening ceremony on Friday, January 8, 2010 at 10:30 a.m., in the lobby of the Stephen P. Clark Center, 111 NW First Street.