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Haiti stories:
Haiti president designates new prime minister
Oct 30th, 2009 - The Raw Story
Haiti's President Rene Preval designated planning minister Jean-Max Bellerive as the new prime minister Friday after Haitian lawmakers ousted the government of Michele Pierre-Louis.
Political turmoil in Haiti as PM dismissed
Oct 30th, 2009 - The Raw Story
Haitian lawmakers ousted the government of Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis Friday, potentially damaging efforts to lure international investors back to the impoverished Caribbean nation. After a 10-hour debate...
Feds: Haiti abuse suspect sought boys while in US
Oct 28th, 2009 - Boston
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Federal prosecutors say a Colorado man charged with sexually abusing nine boys at a school he founded in Haiti was using his computer while in the United States to search for boys.
UN extends Haiti peacekeeping mission
Oct 13th, 2009 - Boston
UNITED NATIONS—The Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti for a year, saying the situation in the impoverished Caribbean...
UN Security Council conveys sympathy to families of Haiti plane crash victims
Oct 10th, 2009 - XinHua
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- UN Security Council Saturday issued a press statement to convey its sympathy and condolences to families of victims in Friday's deadly UN plane crash in Haiti.
Haiti videos from YouTube:
3:20Rainn Wilson talks about his recent trip to Haiti
Rainn Wilson talks about his recent trip to Haiti on a humanitarian visit and how the visit has impacted his life back in the States.
2:01Rainn Wilson video blog on trip to Haiti Day 2
Actor and humanitarian Rainn Wilson takes us through his recent trip to Haiti in a series of video blog entries. Day 2 of 5.
2:56Poverty in Haiti spawns child slavery 13 October 2008
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere and the poverty has fuelled restavek, a system of domestic servitude of hundreds of thousands of children that is tantamount to modern-day slavery. The country's ...
5:20Haitian Voodoo
Haiti is a Catholic country. But daily life still moves to the rhythms of spirit religion. video.nationalgeographic.com
Haiti from WikiPedia:
Haiti (pronounced /?he?ti?/; French Haïti, pronounced: [a.iti]; Haitian Creole: Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti (République d'Haïti ; Repiblik Ayiti), is a Creole- and French-speaking Caribbean country. Along with the Dominican Republic, it occupies the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago. Ayiti (Land of high mountains) was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the mountainous western side of the island. The country's highest point is Pic la Selle, at 2,680 metres (8,793 ft). The total area of Haiti is 27,750 square kilometres (10,714 sq mi) and its capital is Port-au-Prince.
Haiti's regional, historical, and ethnolinguistic position is unique for several reasons. It was the first independent nation in Latin America, the first post-colonial independent Black-led nation in the world, and the only nation whose independence was gained as part of a successful slave rebellion.
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