Haiti
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Caribbean leaders conclude historic summit in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Caribbean leaders concluded a two-day summit in Haiti by deciding to progressively introduce French as a second language in their 15-member regional trade bloc and to hone in on the challenges facing their vulnerable economies. Caribbean Community leaders also pledged to hold a summit with the United States within the year to address deportees and other concerns while…
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A serious food crisis is brewing in Haiti – here’s how to stop it
As well as exporting cash crops such as coffee, cocoa, mangos, breadfruit and potatoes, Haitians rely on 40% of the food produced in the country for local consumption. With this in mind, it's easy to see why last year's dramatic weather patterns and global economic meltdown produced aftershocks as significant and devastating as those of the 2010 earthquake. In 2012,…
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EDITORIAL: Awaiting CARICOM decisions after Haiti meeting
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – With at least one third of the Caribbean Community’s 15 Heads of Government absent from the current two-day Inter-Sessional Meeting in Haiti, it would be a welcome surprise if any new initiative of significance on the way forward for the regional economic integration movement is included in the communiqué to be released this evening. Prior to yesterday’s…
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Caribbean leaders ask U.S. to help with arms control
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The arms control debate arrived in Haiti on Monday as members of a regional trade bloc sought the United States’ help in ensuring that an international treaty aimed at regulating the $70 billion global arms trade includes a provision for small arms. The issue was among several vexing crime and security concerns raised during a closed-door discussion with…
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Trinidad PM wants regional leaders to adopt drastic action to deal with crime
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar Monday warned regional leaders that they need to adopt “urgent and drastic action” to deal with the scourge of transnational crime in the Caribbean. Addressing the leaders at the 24th intersessional summit here, Persad Bissessar, who has lead responsibility for security within the quasi Caribbean Community…
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LaRocque wants removal of challenges to CARICOM observing 40th anniversary
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICCOM) leaders began a historic summit here on Monday with CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque indicating there is a need to stave off existing challenges to the regional integration movement that is observing its 40th anniversary. LaRocque told regional leaders that there can be no greater indicator, “symbolic and substantive, that Haiti…
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Caribbean leaders, U.S. attorney general to meet in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — When Jamaican officials snubbed a group of young Haitian soccer players who visited two years ago on the heels of a deadly cholera outbreak in their quake-torn homeland, a revolted Marguerite Rigaud immediately went into action. In a matter of days, the Pétionville restaurateur had thousands of Haitians marching through the streets of Port-au-Prince protesting the boys’ mistreatment…
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CRIME MENACE AND TRANSPORT WOES FOR CARICOM’S HAITI MEETING
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – THE CRIME menace afflicting the Caribbean region as well as recurring air transportation woes are scheduled for special focus at the two-day 24th Inter-Sessional Meeting of Caribbean Community Heads of Government that gets underway today in Haiti. Participating in the special session on crime and security with the CARIC0M leaders and their relevant cabinet colleagues will be…
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IDEAS Energy Innovation Contest launched its second staging in Haiti on Wednesday 15 February 2012.
The IDEAS Energy Innovation Contest is funded by Inter American Development Bank, DFID, and is being jointly implemented by IDB and Global Village Energy Partners International (GVEP-I).The contest was first staged in 2009 in Latin America and the Caribbean and saw 3 winners from CARICOM Region. For this the second staging greater emphasis is being placed on Caribbean Region. A…
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