Dispute with U.S. energy trader worsens Haiti’s fuel crisis
By Anthony Esposito From KFGO PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A dispute between Haiti and a U.S. energy trading firm is leading to long blackouts and fuel shortages in the Caribbean nation, feeding anger at President Jovenel Moise’s government following the collapse…
Haiti gets mew Prime Minister following ousting of previous government
from Jamaica Gleaner President Jovenel Moise Tuesday announced Jean Michel Lapin, who once served as a courier in the public administration, to be the new prime minister of the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. Lapin, who had been serving as…
Haitian Ministry announces new Interim Prime Minister
From teleSUR Haiti’s Communication Ministry announced that Jean Michel Lapin was appointed as the interim Prime Minister of Haiti. This announcement follows the removal of the prime minister Monday. The Ministry of Communication of the Republic of Haiti tweeted today…
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Haiti is a threat to the Caribbean according to the opposition
From Haiti Libre The opposition coalition says of the democratic and popular sector, including the hard wing, announced last week that it would undertake meetings with representatives of different sectors of national life in order to intensify anti-government mobilization throughout…
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New York: Budding artists paint for Haiti
By Alexandra Simon From Caribbean Life They painted for a cause! About a dozen women turned out for a local organization’s painting workshop in Queens last Friday. The group of amateur painters attended From Here to Haiti’s, “Paint and Sip…
Over two dozen Haitians drown in attempt to enter the Bahamas
From Caribbean360 NASSAU, The Bahamas, Monday February 4, 2019 – At least 28 Haitian migrants drowned in the waters off the northern Bahamian island of Abaco when the vessel they were travelling in capsized and sunk over the weekend. The Royal…
4 dead, 12 injured in Haiti as truck crashes near border
AP From Yahoo News PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities in Haiti say four people have died and a dozen injured when a truck crashed near the border with the Dominican Republic. Justice official Pierre Reneau says that all those injured…
Men in police uniforms ‘massacre’ unarmed civilians in Haiti
By Zamira Rahim From Independent UK ‘They were shooting and I was running to save my life’ At least 21 people have been murdered in Haiti, after a group of men in uniform opened fire on unarmed residents in an impoverished neighbourhood. The…
The intoxicating languor of the Caribbean
From Repeating Islands WRITTEN IN 1929, PAUL MORAND’S CARIBBEAN WINTER IS FINALLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH. IF YOU DISREGARD THE RACISM, IT’S A TRAVELOGUE THAT’S HARD TO BEAT A review by Ian Thomson for The Spectator. Our thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing…
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Caribbean urged to be prepared for ‘big one’
From Jamaica Observer PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The head of the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the St Augustine campus of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr Joan Lutchman, is reiterating calls for the region to…
