Posts Tagged ‘haiti’

Haiti for sale

Photography: David Levene
Well, it’s for charity still. Haiti 12:01:10, an exhibition of still and moving work by David Levene goes on show and sale at the Draw Walk Gallery at the Old Truman Brewery in London today.
Proceeds from the signed, limited edition prints of photographs taken in 2010 and in 2008 will going to the [...]

Preval gets his new Prime Minister approved

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.
Read more HERE

Dominican Republic excludes Haitian kids from citizenship

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.
Read more: The New York Times

Reed Young: The ‘Lucky Haitians’

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

Photograph: Tyler Hicks/The New York Times
Haiti — There was pain in Jean François’s eyes, real suffering, an awful look of woe.
It might have been that he had little to eat that day, or his lack of a job or any real hope of securing one. Perhaps it stemmed from the squalor in his neighborhood, a [...]

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