Haiti

[Greed]

Haiti leader names Evans Paul as new prime minister
AFP
December 25, 2014 10:56 PM

Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Haitian President Michel Martelly named veteran politician Evans Paul prime minister to lead a new government, as he seeks to defuse a crisis over long-delayed elections.

Thursday's announcement followed the resignation of Laurent Lamothe from the post earlier this month in the face of repeated calls for him to quit over the failure to hold legislative elections for the past three years.

Lamothe's decision had threatened to plunge the poorest country in the Americas into political chaos once again.

Martelly named Paul as a replacement by presidential decree while awaiting ratification by both chambers of the legislature "in order to form a new government," his office said in a statement.

A former political activist, Paul was part of the movement that toppled former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier in 1986.

He was elected mayor of the capital Port-au-Prince and was seen as a close ally of then-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

His relations with Duvalier soured when Paul was tipped as a potential successor as head of state.

Arrested in 1988 under the military government of Prosper Avril, Paul was held in prison and tortured by the military along with other political activists.

The president is expected to pressure lawmakers to confirm his choice for prime minister.

"We have not yet been summoned by the president. He is due to speak about the future of the legislature after January 12 and before we can vote on a new government," a senator told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Opposition parties have organized a series of anti-government protests to demand that Martelly step down due to claims he is seeking to rule by decree after January 12, when the legislature's current mandate ends.

https://news.yahoo.com/haiti-leader-names-evans-paul-prime-minister-021459899.html

 

[Greed]

Haiti: Elections & Continued Dependence

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We're handling the Haiti situation in Canada!

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Hugo Chavez accuses U.S. of using weapon to cause Haiti quake

Ron Paul Against Helping Haiti

Scores die in Haiti cholera outbreak

‘Baby Doc' Duvalier returns to Haiti

World's Largest Solar Powered Hospital Opens In Haiti

 

[Greed]

A look at the Haiti earthquake on the 5-year anniversary

A look at the Haiti earthquake on the 5-year anniversary
Associated Press
By The Associated Press
January 10, 2015 3:30 AM

A look at the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and its aftermath:

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THE DISASTER: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck just before 5 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2010, in southern Haiti, destroying more than 100,000 buildings and damaging 200,000 in densely packed Port-au-Prince and surrounding towns. Haiti's government put the death toll at 316,000, while some estimates were lower. An exact accounting was impossible given the widespread devastation. Many Haitian officials and police officers died in the quake, leaving the government paralyzed. The United Nations, which has had peacekeepers in the country since 2004, lost 102 staffers in the disaster, the largest single loss of life in its history. In the immediate aftermath, more than 1.5 million Haitians were living in crowded camps, often sheltered by little more than plastic tarps.

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THE RECOVERY: More than $12.4 billion in humanitarian and development aid and debt relief was pledged by more than 50 countries and international agencies, with at least 80 percent of that disbursed, according to the United Nations. Much of the aid was channeled through contractors and humanitarian groups rather than directly to Haiti's government. The U.S., the biggest donor, has largely sought to rebuild infrastructure and improve the health system and economy, hoping to improve conditions that made Haiti particularly vulnerable to disaster. Venezuela, another major donor, also funded numerous infrastructure projects. Shantytowns and tent camps have gradually dwindled as people moved back to old homes or found new ones, often with rent subsidies provided by international donors. Some landowners and public agencies also evicted people by force.

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THE FUTURE: There are still about 80,000 people in camps, and the government predicts they will be gone by the middle of this year. There are few visible signs of the quake itself and most badly damaged buildings have been razed. Parts of the capital are bustling with new construction and hundreds of schools have been rebuilt. But Haiti is still a deeply poor nation, with an official unemployment rate of about 40 percent and the World Banks says more than 6 million out of roughly 10.4 million inhabitants live under the national poverty line of $2.44 per day.

http://news.yahoo.com/look-haiti-earthquake-5-anniversary-050032427.html#


Thousands in tent cities 5 years after Haiti quake
By Molly McGuiness

This Monday marks five years since a catastrophic, magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, claiming at least 230,000 lives.

It was January 12, 2010, just before 5 p.m., when the world came crashing down for millions of Haitians. Bodies lined the streets, and entire communities were reduced to piles of rubble.

Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric, then anchor of the CBS Evening News, was on the ground in Port-au-Prince 14 hours after the quake struck. In a makeshift medical clinic run by B-FAST (Belgian First Aid and Support), she met 13-year-old Pierre Larousse. The skin on his forehead had been scraped away, and his leg was broken. Like so many children, Pierre had become an orphan in an instant that day. His piercing cries begged the question an entire nation wanted an answer to: “Why?”

Three months later, things looked hopeful for Pierre and for Haiti. He was eager to return to school and had plans to move in with his grandmother, the only family he had left. He was looking forward to rebuilding his life.

Recovery teams mobilized and more than 9 billion dollars in aid were pledged to help Haiti following the earthquake. Modern hospitals were being built, and plans for new housing were in the works.

But a lack of infrastructure delayed the distribution of funds, and progress was slow. Thousands of homes promised by aid organizations were never built, and 85,000 Haitians still languished in tent cities.

Now, five years after the quake, Pierre, who had so much hope for a brighter future, refers to himself as a “street kid.” After his grandmother died, he was forced to beg for food to survive. He was doing just that when he met Julienne, a young mother of two children, who gave him a roof over his head and something to eat.

In a small village 40 minutes outside of Port-au-Prince, Julienne’s home is four walls and a concrete floor. Pierre’s bed: a sheet on the floor that the boy shares with her two children.

Today, Pierre finds it hard to imagine a future for himself. His dreams of going back to school seem all but lost. This young boy, who once embodied a nation’s heartbreak and hope, like millions of other Haitians is still searching for “home.”

http://news.yahoo.com/katie-couric-haiti-5-years-later-190814101.html

 

[Greed]

Haitians forced from Dominican Republic recall racism, abuse

Haitians forced from Dominican Republic recall racism, abuse
By Amélie Baron
July 4, 2015 12:52 PM

Fond Parisien (Haiti) (AFP) - Beltha Desir wanders aimlessly around outside the school where she has taken refuge, holding tight to her 10-month-old child, the only family member with whom she was deported.

Desir, a Haitian woman, had lived for 10 years in the Dominican Republic, but immigration officers arrested her a week ago and sent her to the border, along with her Dominican-born baby.

"They told me: 'Go back to your country. Go find President Michel Martelly, we have no more need for Haitians. Whether you have papers or not, go home,'" she said.

The Dominican Republic gave undocumented immigrants, the vast majority of whom are from impoverished Haiti, until June 17 to register with the authorities or face deportation.

Since that date, 31,225 people had returned to Haiti as of July 1, according to Dominican figures.

Among those being expelled are people of Haitian heritage but born in the Dominican Republic, now being forced to relocate to a place where they have perhaps distant roots but often do not speak the Creole language, and have no known family.

The countries, which share the mountainous Caribbean island of Hispaniola, have a long history of animosity, cultural discrimination and racism.

Desir was detained in the city of Neyba where she worked, and didn't have time to tell her husband, who is also Haitian and was working only 50 meters (55 yards) away.

"I have three children, but the two biggest are with their father. They are five and six. How can they understand I am no longer with them?" she asked, with tears welling up in her eyes.

Disoriented, the 30-year-old woman said she can hardly sleep.

"It's been six days since I have seen my children and husband. He does not even know I'm here in Haiti. I couldn't even speak with him because he doesn't have a telephone," she said.

- 'Dominicans of a different blood' -

Repeating just one of the racist insults she suffered during the journey to the border, she said authorities told her "that Dominicans are of a different blood, and that I should go and find my blood in Haiti."

Beside her was Rose Hippolyte, who has suffered the same discrimination.

"When they see a Haitian, the Dominicans say 'Look at that pig, that Haitian devil,'" said Hippolyte, whose face is worn by years of work in the sugarcane fields.

"They treat us like animals. Sometimes, when you sit next to a Dominican, the person will move away so that you understand that he doesn't want your skin to touch his," she said.

In halting Creole -- the result of having spent only the first four years of his life in Haiti -- Francky Dorseli confirmed the abuse.

"The Dominicans mistreat the Haitians. They insult us each day, even sometimes the police," he said.

The 43-year-old, who was deported alone, has had no news from his wife and four children.

Just like Desir, Dorseli and all the others who have taken refuge in the community school in the small town of Fond Parisien, Hippolyte wasn't allowed to bring anything with her from home.

"I've worked since 1981 cutting sugarcane. I haven't earned much but I have managed to build myself a small home," said the 52-year-old Hippolyte, who arrived in the Dominican Republic at age eight.

"Everything remains there, I have nothing left. The pastor's wife gave me this dress to change into," she said, smoothing the fabric over her thighs.

- Barrage of insults -

The meager donations from the religious community and sporadic distributions from NGOs and ordinary citizens are not enough to provide the refugees with decent living conditions.

Dressed in dirty clothes that are often too large, several dozen children play jacks using pebbles. They gathered on a concrete slab under the absent-minded gaze of the tired women.

There is no water and no electricity. For two weeks, no doctor has passed through to see the families.

Nonetheless, none of the refugees wants to return to the Dominican Republic to face a barrage of insults and attacks. Living again in their original country, they hope to be able to bring their families to Haiti and live without depending on charity.

"I was a supervisor in a textile factory and also a supermarket cashier," Desir said.

"I do not want money or food but a job to be able to bring my children and my husband here so we can live together peacefully," she said.

https://news.yahoo.com/haitians-forced-dominican-republic-recall-racism-abuse-165221954.html

 

[Mrfreddygoodbud]

Re: Haitians forced from Dominican Republic recall racism, abuse

Haitians forced from Dominican Republic recall racism, abuse
By Amélie Baron
July 4, 2015 12:52 PM

Fond Parisien (Haiti) (AFP) - Beltha Desir wanders aimlessly around outside the school where she has taken refuge, holding tight to her 10-month-old child, the only family member with whom she was deported.

Desir, a Haitian woman, had lived for 10 years in the Dominican Republic, but immigration officers arrested her a week ago and sent her to the border, along with her Dominican-born baby.

"They told me: 'Go back to your country. Go find President Michel Martelly, we have no more need for Haitians. Whether you have papers or not, go home,'" she said.

The Dominican Republic gave undocumented immigrants, the vast majority of whom are from impoverished Haiti, until June 17 to register with the authorities or face deportation.

Since that date, 31,225 people had returned to Haiti as of July 1, according to Dominican figures.

Among those being expelled are people of Haitian heritage but born in the Dominican Republic, now being forced to relocate to a place where they have perhaps distant roots but often do not speak the Creole language, and have no known family.

The countries, which share the mountainous Caribbean island of Hispaniola, have a long history of animosity, cultural discrimination and racism.

Desir was detained in the city of Neyba where she worked, and didn't have time to tell her husband, who is also Haitian and was working only 50 meters (55 yards) away.

"I have three children, but the two biggest are with their father. They are five and six. How can they understand I am no longer with them?" she asked, with tears welling up in her eyes.

Disoriented, the 30-year-old woman said she can hardly sleep.

"It's been six days since I have seen my children and husband. He does not even know I'm here in Haiti. I couldn't even speak with him because he doesn't have a telephone," she said.

- 'Dominicans of a different blood' -

Repeating just one of the racist insults she suffered during the journey to the border, she said authorities told her "that Dominicans are of a different blood, and that I should go and find my blood in Haiti."

Beside her was Rose Hippolyte, who has suffered the same discrimination.

"When they see a Haitian, the Dominicans say 'Look at that pig, that Haitian devil,'" said Hippolyte, whose face is worn by years of work in the sugarcane fields.

"They treat us like animals. Sometimes, when you sit next to a Dominican, the person will move away so that you understand that he doesn't want your skin to touch his," she said.

In halting Creole -- the result of having spent only the first four years of his life in Haiti -- Francky Dorseli confirmed the abuse.

"The Dominicans mistreat the Haitians. They insult us each day, even sometimes the police," he said.

The 43-year-old, who was deported alone, has had no news from his wife and four children.

Just like Desir, Dorseli and all the others who have taken refuge in the community school in the small town of Fond Parisien, Hippolyte wasn't allowed to bring anything with her from home.

"I've worked since 1981 cutting sugarcane. I haven't earned much but I have managed to build myself a small home," said the 52-year-old Hippolyte, who arrived in the Dominican Republic at age eight.

"Everything remains there, I have nothing left. The pastor's wife gave me this dress to change into," she said, smoothing the fabric over her thighs.

- Barrage of insults -

The meager donations from the religious community and sporadic distributions from NGOs and ordinary citizens are not enough to provide the refugees with decent living conditions.

Dressed in dirty clothes that are often too large, several dozen children play jacks using pebbles. They gathered on a concrete slab under the absent-minded gaze of the tired women.

There is no water and no electricity. For two weeks, no doctor has passed through to see the families.

Nonetheless, none of the refugees wants to return to the Dominican Republic to face a barrage of insults and attacks. Living again in their original country, they hope to be able to bring their families to Haiti and live without depending on charity.

"I was a supervisor in a textile factory and also a supermarket cashier," Desir said.

"I do not want money or food but a job to be able to bring my children and my husband here so we can live together peacefully," she said.

https://news.yahoo.com/haitians-forced-dominican-republic-recall-racism-abuse-165221954.html

again, The Vatican could help the Haitian people over night...


every jewish person in domincan republic, should be, denouncing this


travesty.. its the exact same thing hitler did to them in germany....


and they got reparations for it..


only to become just like the nazi's...


the catholic church and jewish population in dominican republic...


are either part of the problem or part of the solution....




I dont see what they want me to see... I see whats THERE.


and whats there, is cacs in power, using flunkies to further

their agenda...


white people should NOT be living anywhere tropical...


why do they want to live in places like the Islands, Africa,

South America..

just proves they hate who they are and where they came from....


so they must go stealing from people who have...



they are truly a cancer to the melanin rich.....

they been spreading waay to long....



no wonder they are going extinct....

 

[playahaitian]

Re: Haitians forced from Dominican Republic recall racism, abuse

again, The Vatican could help the Haitian people over night...


every jewish person in domincan republic, should be, denouncing this


travesty.. its the exact same thing hitler did to them in germany....


and they got reparations for it..


only to become just like the nazi's...


the catholic church and jewish population in dominican republic...


are either part of the problem or part of the solution....




I dont see what they want me to see... I see whats THERE.


and whats there, is cacs in power, using flunkies to further

their agenda...


white people should NOT be living anywhere tropical...


why do they want to live in places like the Islands, Africa,

South America..

just proves they hate who they are and where they came from....


so they must go stealing from people who have...



they are truly a cancer to the melanin rich.....

they been spreading waay to long....



no wonder they are going extinct....

truth.com

 

[QueEx]

Re: Haitians forced from Dominican Republic recall racism, abuse

Massachusetts State Senator Linda Dorcena
Forry, a first generation Haitian-American
​

State Senator Linda Dorcena Forry, a first generation Haitian-American, and Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh are encouraging people to reconsider traveling to the Dominican Republic, where tourism is a key economic engine.

Jet Blue recently added nonstop service between Boston and Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which Dorcena Forry urged people to try.

“I think the American traveler is a key economic lever that can
be used to influence decision makers,” Dorcena Forry said. <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">
“Go elsewhere</span>. <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">Preferably Haiti.”</span>​

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...ists-boston/F6CdUXoM9099nshkh7REGJ/story.html

 

[D Kline]

I'll be traveling to the Dr . Haiti isn't my cup of tea.

 

[QueEx]

Haitians forced from Dominican Republic recall racism, abuse

The countries, which share the mountainous Caribbean island of Hispaniola, have a long history of animosity, cultural discrimination and racism.

BBC
Sunday, June 4, 2017

At the 1938 Evian Conference, a convening of the leaders of 32 nations and numerous private organizations to discuss the hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees fleeing the rapidly spreading Nazi regime, Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina stood out as the only world leader willing to accept a significant number of those seeking asylum.

his reasons were political, not humanitarian. Trujillo had massacred tens of thousands of Haitians over six days in October 1937, an event English speakers call the ‘parsley massacre’, Dominicans call el corte (the cutting) and Haitians remember as kout kout-a (the stabbing). Regardless of name, it was a vicious attempt at the same sort of ethnic cleansing that was happening in Europe, and Trujillo was in serious need of a positive public relations boost.

In 1938, Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina agreed to accept up to 100,000 Jews
into his country (Credit: Three Lions Stringer/Getty Images)​

Trujillo was obsessed with whiteness. He saw the island of Hispaniola as a physical polarisation between light and dark, and his mission was to keep the darkness at bay. Known for powdering his own skin to appear whiter, Trujillo saw the exodus of Jewish people from Eastern Europe in the time between Hitler's rise to power and the closing of the borders as an opportunity to further his racial agenda. At the conference, Trujillo agreed to accept up to 100,000 Jews into his country, hoping that they would procreate with Dominican women, who would then give birth to lighter-skinned babies.
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http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170530-the-ugly-story-behind-a-breakfast-meat


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