Haiti News

The second annual International Congress of the Haitian Diaspora will take place August 6-9, 2009 at Trump International Beach Resorts in Miami Beach, Florida.

With the United States in the midst of recession, the tourist-dependent Caribbean searches for ways to cushion the blow during a four-day summit.

Leaders of the Caribbean Community opened a four-day summit Thursday in Georgetown, Guyana, to the strains of steel drums and a call for unity as a host of weighty issues threaten to tear apart the 15-member regional bloc.

The birthday girl twirled to the sounds of her favorite Haitian music. Friends and family formed a circle around her, chanting ``Marlie, Marlie.'' Four years ago, Marlie Casseus spent most of her life hiding in Haiti.

PRINCE, Jul 3 - Haitian Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis assumed office in September 2008.

Hello, I would like to share some information and thoughts on the continued violent United Nations-Brazilian led-military occupation of Haiti.

Canceling Haiti's debts will free up about $50 million a year for spending over the next 10 to 15 years to reduce poverty in the Caribbean nation, an IMF official said on Wednesday.

A few weeks ago, someone I knew and worked with in the struggle passed away. Father Gerard Jean-Juste was the embodiment of truth and justice.

SECRETARY general of the Caribbean Community , Edwin Carrington, feels that "now more than ever" the people of Caricom "expect a deeper spirit of cooperation and solidarity" from the Heads of Government to overcome "the very challenging problems we face".

Cash-strapped, storm-battered Haiti is finally getting relief. After years of struggling to meet the requirements for cancellation of most of its $1.7 billion in foreign debt, the country has finally achieved $1.2 billion in debt forgiveness from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

Three international organizations canceled $1.2 billion of Haiti's debt Tuesday, freeing up millions of dollars each year for the deeply impoverished Caribbean nation that is beset by humanitarian crises.

Haitians appeared skeptical of the recent senatorial elections.

1934-57: It is one of the most controversial periods in Haitian history, and yet Jamaican anthropologist and University of the West Indies lecturer Matthew Smith argues that it was also perhaps modern Haiti's greatest moment of political promise.

Haitian police say a demonstrator found slain after a clash with U.N. peacekeepers during a funeral procession was killed by a bullet, and not by a rock as peacekeepers initially reported.

President Rene Preval's party won five of 11 contests to fill open Senate seats, according to preliminary results released Monday by the provisional electoral council.

Haitian police say a demonstrator found slain after a clash with U.N. peacekeepers during a funeral procession was killed by a bullet, and not by a rock as peacekeepers initially reported.

Florida Sen. Bill Nelson is calling on the U.S. government to provide more assistance to help Haiti combat drug traffickers who have turned the country into a popular transit point for Colombian cocaine shipped through Venezuela to the United States.

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson says there are hopeful signs of recovery in storm-ravaged Haiti.

Haiti's presidential campaign may be a year away, but at least one candidate and his supporters aren't wasting any time reaching out to the Haitian Diaspora and promoting his candidacy.

Tom McKinley is not new to mission trips. His travels have taken him to the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Cuba, New Orleans for Katrina Relief, Colombia and Mexico.