Jeb Sprague interviews Mario Josph and Brian Concannon Over nine and a half years ago, on April 3, 2000, popular radio journalist Jean Dominique was shot four times in the chest as he arrived for work at the Port-au-Prince station he owned, Radio Haiti. The gunman also killed the station's security guard Jean-Claude Louissaint. Haitian President René Préval ordered three days of official...
by Kim Ives Slowed by political wrangling and mysterious bureaucratic deliberations, Haiti's elections have historically taken months and even years to organize. Suddenly, the electoral schedule, announced on Nov. 11, just two days after the new prime minister's record-fast ratification, is moving at warp speed. The new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), reconstituted in October, has set nationwide...
by Kim Ives Haiti's Senate dismissed Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 at half past midnight. The vote came after a raucous debate that began at about 1:00 p.m. the day before. Senators opposed to Pierre-Louis' dismissal - Rudy Hériveaux, Youri Latortue, Evaliere Beauplan, Edmonde Supplice Beauzile and Andris Riché, among others - stormed out of the Senate chamber....
The dumping of the prime minister raises fears of drift FIVE years after the United Nations set out to build a nation in the poorest territory in the Americas, and after three years of relative political stability under President Rene Preval, outsiders have begun to express modest optimism about Haiti. Bill Clinton, a former American president and now a UN special envoy for the country, last month...
PORT AU PRINCE.- Haiti president René Préval yesterday provided Dominican Justice minister Radhamés Jiménez with the documents needed to support France’s extradition request for the Haitian alleged murderer Amaral Ducloná.
Haiti's President Rene Preval appointed planning minister Jean-Max Bellerive as the new prime minister Friday after Haitian lawmakers ousted the government of Michele Pierre-Louis.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian President Rene Preval on Friday designated Jean Max Bellerive to be prime minister of the Caribbean country, a ruling party senator said.
Firing of Michele Pierre-Louis breaks a period of relative stability on the impoverished Caribbean island Haiti's senate has triggered political uproar by firing the prime minister, a darling of western diplomats and donors. A chaotic nine-hour session ended just after midnight with a vote to oust Michele Pierre-Louis, breaking a period of relative stability on the impoverished Caribbean island. Eighteen...
by Kim Ives On Oct. 17, thousands of Haitians gathered under a blazing sun in the square outside the Church of St. Clare of Assisi in the Artibonite town of Marchand Dessalines, about 50 miles north of Port-au-Prince, to mark the 203rd anniversary of the assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haiti's first leader and general of the indigenous army which defeated Napoleon's legions in 1803. The day...
by Hervé Jean Michel The Dominican Ambassador to Haiti has scoffed at the assertions of a Haitian newspaper, famous for its fabrications and unattributed gossip, that former Cité Soleil neighborhood leader Amaral Duclona confessed to Dominican authorities that he worked for and was protected by President René Préval's government. Dominican authorities arrested Duclona, 29,...
(EMAILWIRE.COM, October 09, 2009 ) Inspired by what is being seen as Haiti\'s most stable moment in a generation, President Rene Preval\'s Government is planning various incentives to entice tourists to the poorest nation in the Americas and the largest cruise ship in the world is amongst the attractions… Haiti...
I spoke to Dr. Farmer at the Inter-American Development Bank’s Haiti investor conference at Hotel Caribe last Thursday evening following speeches by UN Special Envoy to Haiti Bill Clinton and Haitian President Rene Preval. As the crowd of investors, journalists, and officials moved to a neighboring ballroom to hear Clinton’s next speech, we stayed [...]
More must be done to shrink the gap between developed and developing nations, countries of Latin America and the Caribbean told the UN General Assembly's annual high-level debate on Thursday. Haitian President Rene Preval called for a new paradigm in international cooperation to replace the exploitation of poorer countries by the powerful. "The time has come to confront the globalization that...
Today George Stephanopoulos moderated a great panel on “Leadership and Jobs to Overcome Humanitarian Crisis.” The panel featured President René Préval of the Republic of Haiti, Hany El Banna; President of Islamic Relief; Dr. Helen Gayle, President & CEO of CARE USA; George Rupp, President of the International Rescue Committee; and Rhonda Zygochi, VP [...]
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