A Wasted Independence
On Jan. 1, 1804, in Gonaïves, the slave population of Haiti shocked the world by proclaiming the Independence of Haiti and gave birth to the first black republic and the second independent nation in the Americas after the United States proclaimed its Independence 28 years earlier. Continue
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PORT-AU-PRINCE — For many Haitians, a job is not about the ability to pay bills, manage family finances or save money. It simply supplies enough money for one hot meal a day. Continue
Protesters Set Deadline to Install PM in Haiti Communiry leaders in the southern town of Les Cayes who started Haiti's recent food riots handed lawmakers an ultimatum on Monday to install a new government within a week or face more protests. |
Haitians Staying Put Despite Soaring Food Price When soaring food prices sparked deadly riots across Haiti, many expected that people along the cactus-studded northern coast would do what they traditionally do in times of crisis: take to the seas and head for the United States. |
The Challenge For A Generation Haiti, once considered the pearl of the Antilles, today is continually categorized with words such as poverty, kidnappings, insecurity, instability, filthy, and so forth. |
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