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Haiti's Laurent Lamothe Meets With Canada's Julian Fantino

Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe By the Caribbean Journal staff A little over three months since he announced that Canada would be reviewing its long-term strategy with Haiti, International Cooperation Minister Julian Fantino chaired a meeting Friday with Haiti Prime […]

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Report Finds "Troubling" Lack of Transparency in US Aid to Haiti

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff There are “significant” problems in the way the United States delivers aid to Haiti, according to a report from the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research. The report, Breaking Open […]

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Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird Concludes Visit to Haiti

Above: the talks in Haiti (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Canada Foreign Minister John Baird and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Diane Ablonczy concluded a visit to Haiti on Monday. The purpose of the trip was […]

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Martinique's Fishermen to Receive $2.7 Million in French Aid

Above: Martinique (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Fishermen in Martinique will soon be receiving $2.66 million (2 million Euros) in aid. The French department’s fishing sector has been hit hard of late by evidence of pollution of coastal […]


Fantino: Canada Stands With Haiti

Above: Minister for International Cooperation Julian Fantino (UN Photo/Rick Bajornas) By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian International Cooperation Minister Julian Fantino issued a statement on the third anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti Friday, a week after the country announced […]


Canada Freezing Aid to Haiti, Citing Lack of Progress

Above: Minister for International Cooperation Julian Fantino (UN Photo/Rick Bajornas) By Alexander Britell Canada is freezing its international aid to Haiti, according to International Cooperation Minister Julian Fantino. The news was first revealed by Fantino in an interview with French-language […]

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Haiti Declares One-Month State of Emergency Due to Impact of Hurricane

Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe distributing aid kits last week (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government has declared a one-month-long national state of emergency following continued damage to the country from Hurricane Sandy last week. The […]


Haiti: Sandy Leads to 16 Deaths

Above: flooding in Haiti (File Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The death count in Haiti from Hurricane Sandy has reached 16, according to Haiti’s Office of Civil Protection. Of those, seven people were killed in Haiti’s South department, with […]


Martelly: Aid to Haiti Should Focus on Long-Term Development

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly in Brooklyn this week (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Aid to Haiti should primarily be focused on a goal of long-term development, Haiti President Michel Martelly said this week. The comment came […]

Haiti’s Path to Change Still Lacks Social Inclusion of the Population

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor The word change has been used very loosely in recent decades to describe what must take place in Haiti. From the time Pope John Paul II famously uttered that things must change, during his only […]


Haitian Prime Minister Conille, OAS Secretary General Discuss Aid to Haiti

Above: Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille and OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille and OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza met yesterday to discuss ways to […]


Durandis: Haiti's Aid-Industrial Complex

Above: a home in Leogane By Ilio Durandis Even before the disastrous earthquake that rocked Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, the country suffered immensely from the symptoms of its Aid Industrial Complex (AIC). The term Republic of NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) […]


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