Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — The convoy of a leading Haitian presidential candidate came under attack from gunmen, the candidate’s sister said Tuesday. “We just cannot believe it. It’s unbelievable. We’re still in shock,” said Rita Celestin-Rancy, a sister of Jude Celestin, who was traveling with her brother’s 20-vehicle convoy to the southern city of Jeremie …
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – Protesters throwing rocks and bottles lashed out against the Haitian government and United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti’s second largest city Monday, venting fear and anger over a cholera epidemic that many Haitians believe came from foreigners. The national police and U.N. forces used tear-gas to disperse hundreds of angry demonstrators who tried …
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Rory Carroll: Save Haiti from aid tourists: There was so much goodness packed on to the plane there was almost no room for me. I had a boarding pass but by the time I got to the gate every seat was filled. This was American Airlines flight 575 from Miami to Port-au-Prince and the passengers …
Four candidates call for poll delay in cholera-hit Haiti: November 21, 2010 Four Haitian presidential candidates have called for postponing elections set for November 28 as the country struggles with a cholera epidemic that has claimed nearly 1,200 lives and protests targeting UN peacekeepers. Authorities have maintained that the election will not be postponed, but …
Bill Clinton: Haiti’s neocolonial overlord “Clinton has betrayed all his humanitarian promises and failed to collect even a fraction of the promised $10 billion for reconstruction.” The corporate media portrays former President Bill Clinton as a great humanitarian friend of Haiti. The truth could not be more different. He has always supported policies in the …
