Haiti

  • October 7, 2013
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    T&T PM must lead Caricom in settling Haiti-DR dispute

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – From her busy schedule of travel and other obligations, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar must make time for an ugly crisis engulfing two member states of Cariforum, which shares membership with Caricom, of which she also serves as chairman. The crisis has been triggered by a Dominican Republic constitutional court ruling that threatens a devastatingly disparate…

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  • October 7, 2013
    953

    Haiti disagrees with court ruling on migrants in Dominican Republic

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haitian officials on Saturday expressed strong disagreement with a Dominican Republic court ruling that denies citizenship to children of Haitian migrants. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs deeply regrets that Haitians and their Dominican descendants who have contributed significantly to the current progress of the Dominican Republic for their work and sacrifice are now treated as foreigners…

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  • October 4, 2013
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    OUR CARIBBEAN: Pitiful inaction as crisis deepens for Haitians

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Unless I missed it, I cannot recall any head of government of our Caribbean Community (CARICOM) making any reference in his/her address at the current session of the United Nations General Assembly in support of Haiti’s position that the United Nations has a “moral obligation” to offer compensation to an estimated 8 000 cholera victims linked to…

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  • October 4, 2013
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    Haiti’s top lawmakers head to Dominican capital amid ruling’s uproar

    (Dominican Today) Santo Domingo.- Amid the uproar unleashed by the Constitutional Court ruling on the nationality of offspring of foreigners illegally in the country, Haiti’s two leaders of Congress will visit their Dominican counterparts toady Friday. Senate president Reinaldo Pared is slated to receive the Haitian lawmakers at 11am, although the reason for the visit by Senate President Simon Desras…

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  • October 2, 2013
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    Aviation pact lifts Dominican-Haiti ties trounced by high court ruling

    Santo Domingo.- While a Dominican Republic high court ruling which jeopardizes mostly people of Haitian descent and prompted Port-au-Prince to recall its ambassador in Santo Domingo, an agreement on aviation has uplifted relations among the Hispaniola neighbors. The Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) on Monday signed a search and rescue agreement with Haiti and Canada’s National Civil Aviation Office in…

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  • October 2, 2013
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    Dominican Republic’s Haitian descendants in ‘constitutional limbo’: UN

    GENEVA.- The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday condemned the Dominican Constitutional Court ruling which refuses nationality to offspring born in the country of undocumented parents, which mostly affects descendants of Haitians. “This decision deprives tens of thousands of people of a nationality, which will have a very negative impact on the rest of their…

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  • October 2, 2013
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    Haiti pulls envoy after DR court decision

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Haitian government is recalling its ambassador in the Dominican capital in response to a court ruling from the neighboring Dominican Republic that strips citizenship from the children of Haitian migrants . The decision comes almost a week after a ruling by the Dominican Republic's Constitutional Court blocked citizenship for thousands of people born to Haitian…

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  • September 30, 2013
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    Haiti orphanage to be named in honour of former US President Bill Clinton

    NEW YORK, CMC – A United States sustainability group says that it will build an orphanage and children’s facility in Haiti in honour of former US President Bill Clinton. US Green Building Council (USGBC) president, chief executive officer and founding chair Rick Fedrizzi said the facility will be name in recognition of the  Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) “longstanding work to…

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  • September 27, 2013
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    Haiti PM: United Nations has moral responsibility in Haiti cholera outbreak

    UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations has “a moral responsibility” in the deadly cholera outbreak that has killed more than 8,500 Haitians and sickened another 600,000-plus, the head of Haiti’s government said Thursday in his debut before the global body. With President Michel Martelly among a list of world leaders shirking off an appearance at this year’s U.N. General Assembly,…

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  • September 27, 2013
    897

    Haiti urges “second look” at earthquake-ravaged country

    UNITED NATIONS, 2013, CMC – Haiti has asked the global community to give the earthquake-ravaged, French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country a “second look” following the devastation caused by the powerful earthquake in 2010. “Despite our extremely difficult legacy and countless setbacks, a new Haiti is making progress on the path of democracy and development,” Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe told the…

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