With Brazil’s booming economy and availability of jobs — combined with the recent Haitian earthquake and poverty — many Haitians are making the long trek to Brazil in search of jobs. SEE ALSO: Is Common Too Classy For Drake Beef? The Haitian migrants endure journeys of thousands of miles with small amounts of money in […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti pop star-turned-president Michel Martelly will not be singing tonight at a concert that aimed to raise money for schools. SEE ALSO: After Rhodes Lie Exposure, Yale Coach Quits Presidential adviser Damian Merlo says the Friday night concert was canceled because of the holiday season and the complexity of organizing such […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Ron Duprat, a robust celebrity chef decked out in skull-and-crossbones Crocs and a navy blue apron, pauses from his mango-slicing duties at the Karibe Hotel to introduce what he says is a simple recipe for his impoverished country, still battered nearly two years after a devastating earthquake. SEE ALSO: Sandusky Witness Changed […]
Singer and former candidate for President of Haiti, Wyclef Jean has been accused by the New York Post of squandering funds intended for Haitian earthquake victims. The Post reports that only one third of the money from Jean’s Yele Haiti charity made it to Haitian emergency relief efforts. Reuters reports: According to the exclusive report, […]
Nov 9, 2011  – Two medical aid groups in cholera-stricken Haiti are planning a pilot campaign to administer a cholera vaccine to about 1% of the population, but some public health experts are questioning whether the effort is the most cost-effective way to fight the disease, according to press reports. Meanwhile, a Boston-based human-rights group […]
An op-ed appearing on TheGrio today talks about Wikileaks documents and how they reveal that the U.S. has held back Haiti both financially and politically throughout time. The writer, Mycheal Denzel Smith, claims that instead of looking out for the Haitian people and helping to build their interests both structurally and economically, the U.S. has […]
HAITI– Former singer Michel Martelly was sworn in Saturday as Haiti’s new president, promising change in a impoverished country still recovering from last year’s devastating earthquake.
HAITI-Michel Martelly is the new president of Haiti according to Reuters. Reuters reports that Martelly won Haiti’s Presidential election according to official preliminary results. Martelly is also know as “Sweet Micky,” after his Kompa band. He is friends with former Haitian President, President René Préval Martelly was supporter of the 1991 coup that ousted President […]
Haiti– A Haitian police officer said that Wyclef Jean actually cut his hand on glass late Saturday, despite the singer’s report that his hand was shot while standing outside his car in Haiti. Jean, who was pictured while receiving medical treatment for hand, told reporters that his hand was grazed by a bullet as he […]
Despite the fact that Haiti is still in turmoil more than a year after the tragic earthquake that happened this year, the thoughts and prayers of many Haitians are with the people of Japan. RELATED: 25 reasons we love Arsenio Hall Huffpo journalist, Bryn Mooser reports: When news of the Japan disaster was coming in […]
JOHANNESBURG — Ousted ex-Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will return within days to his homeland ending seven years in exile, a South African official said Friday. The former slum priest remains hugely popular and his return could disrupt elections this month in his earthquake-ravaged country. RELATED: Top 10 religious moments of the decade In Haiti, an […]
CARACAS, Venezuela — Sean Penn thanked Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday for supporting the actor’s relief organization in Haiti, saying the aid has helped its humanitarian work in distributing medicines. ALSO READ: WBW Honors: Charles Drew Chavez met with Penn at the presidential palace and praised the actor’s efforts with his J/P Haitian Relief […]
