Posts Tagged ‘haiti’

Preval gets his new Prime Minister approved

By First • May 26th, 2008 • Category: The Feed

With the previous incumbent forced out by food riots and after Preident Renee Preval’s first choice was turned down by the senate, Robert ‘Bob’ Manuel is the new Prime Minister of Haiti.



Dominican Republic excludes Haitian kids from citizenship

By First • May 24th, 2008 • Category: The Feed

Ángel Luis Joseph could be in the United States playing major leagues baseball but like other Haitian children, even those born in the Dominican Republic, the government of that country is refusing them citizenship, striking out the 17 year old’s dream for the time being.



Reed Young: The ‘Lucky Haitians’

By Peter Dean Rickards • May 22nd, 2008 • Category: Features

One of the great causalities of colonialism in the Caribbean has been the reporting of news from the region, particularly as it relates to our neighbours to the northeast on the island of Haiti. To those who know better, the constant mistreatment of Haiti and Haitians in the local and international media is something to […]



Dominoes: Haitian Style

By First • Apr 23rd, 2008 • Category: Style

Haiti — There was pain in Jean François’s eyes, real suffering, an awful look of woe.



Haiti since Aristide’s departure

By First • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: The Feed

Haitian priest Gerald Jean-Juste narrates a Miami Herald slideshow on the anniversary of the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in February, 2004.