Haiti
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Nicolas Maduro makes first trip to Haiti as Venezuela’s president, after cancelling April visit
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro made his first official visit to Haiti on Tuesday as the countries began negotiations to figure out ways to renew a special fund that uses oil money on mostly infrastructure projects. Maduro and Haitian President Michel Martelly met privately for several hours on the grounds of where the National Palace stood before it…
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US Coast Guard rescues Haitian fishermen
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says it has rescued five Haitian fishermen aboard a disabled vessel that had been drifting in the waters off northern Haiti. A brief Coast Guard statement said officials were notified that the vessel had been found in the area of Canal de Tortue and contrary to earlier reports, there were five fishermen…
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Top official discards Haiti-Dom. Rep. energy link for now
Santo Domingo.- Energy Commissioner Enrique Ramirez on Monday debunked notions of interconnecting Haiti and Dominican Republic with power lines for now, “maybe down the line, say in 20 years.” His affirmation comes in the wake of a report by Haiti newspaper Le Nouvelliste, that Andress Appolon, director of that country’s electricity utility EDH, is in Santo Domingo to review possibilities…
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IDB providing millions in funds for water project in Haiti
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it is providing a US$35.5 million grant to Haiti for a programme to expand and improve drinking water services in the capital of the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. It said the grant will support the second phase of a programme launched in 2010 with support from the IDB and the…
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US claims relatives fueling Haitian migrant smuggling
MIAMI, CMC – A high-ranking United States military official claims that Haitian family members in South Florida are possibly behind a “dangerous new trend” in the smuggling of undocumented Haitian immigrants from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. “The new thing that’s happening is in the Mona Passage between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and it’s being fueled, we…
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Reasons to Have Hope in Haiti, One By One
More than most countries, Haiti seems to be defined by its statistics: 80% of the population living below the poverty line; the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere; 316,000 killed in the 2010 earthquake; 52.9% literacy rate; the average Haitian earns $1,300 per year. We could go on. On numbers alone, one is tempted to think of Haiti as a…
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US launches project to boost farmer incomes, promote local organizations in Haiti
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a project to boost farmer incomes and promote local organizations in northern Haiti. USAID said the five-year “Feed the Future North (FTFN)” project, is supported by “Feed the Future”, the US government’s global hunger and food security initiative. It said the new FTFN is…
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World Bank gives Haiti US$20 million to tidy public records
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – THE World Bank has given US$20 million to Haiti for cleaning up its public resources and making them more transparent. The grant will help Haiti improve public financial management, procurement practices and performance of the national electrical company. It will also create a tracking system to monitor budgets and a single treasury account to manage funds. The…
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Haiti receives US$15 million policy-based grant from IDB
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has furnished a US$15 million grant to Haiti to support policy, legal and institutional reforms in the agricultural sector. The Washington-based financial institution said farming plays a “fundamental role in the Haitian economy,” accounting for around half of the country’s jobs and almost one quarter of national income. “The new grant is…
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Coast Guard: South Florida relatives fueling Haitian migrant smuggling
Family members in South Florida are possibly behind a dangerous new trend in the Caribbean: the smuggling of undocumented Haitian immigrants from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, a senior Coast Guard official said Wednesday. “The new thing that’s happening is in the Mona Passage between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico and it’s being fueled, we think, by money…
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