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Haiti Carnival 2014 in 7 Photos

If carnival is an art, Haiti is one of the great masters. In the last few years, the annual fete has been held in a different city each year, and this year’s edition came to Gonaives in northern Haiti. Take […]

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Haiti Ministry of Tourism, Sunrise Airways Sign Memorandum of Understanding

Above: a Sunrise Airways plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Ministry of Tourism and Haiti-based Sunrise Airways have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at working together to boost tourism arrivals to the country, the two sides announced Wednesday. […]

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Haiti Celebrates Carnival in Gonaïves

Above: a carnival float in Gonaïves, Haiti (Photo: MC Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has officially begun its national carnival facilities in the city of Gonaïves in the Artibonite department. This is the third consecutive year that Haiti’s […]

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Haiti Reports Big Jump in Tourist Arrivals

Above: Haiti (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is reporting a significant increase in tourist arrivals, according to data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The country welcomed 299,646 stopover arrivals in the first nine months of 2013, […]


Tony Blair Visits Haiti

Above: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair By the Caribbean Journal staff Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair began a visit to Haiti on Tuesday. In a statement, the office of Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said Blair and Haitian […]


Haiti's Martelly Meets With Pope Francis

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and Pope Francis (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly continued his European tour Monday with a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. Martelly […]

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Haiti: Jacmel Celebrates 2014 Carnival

Above: preparing for Carnival (MINUSTAH Photo/Jeffrey Clark Lochard) By the Caribbean Journal staff The city of Jacmel, Haiti celebrated its 2014 edition of carnival, an annual party that is among the Caribbean’s most famous fetes. This year’s carnival was being […]


New Haiti Marriott to Top Off Construction "Soon" in Port-au-Prince

Above: a rendering of the Haiti Marriott By the Caribbean Journal staff The new Digicel-developed Marriott hotel in Haiti will soon be topping off construction, the company announced this week. Topping off is the ceremonial last placement of a beam […]


Haiti Markets Ile a Vache in New Video

Above: Ile a Vache (MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Just nine miles southeast of Les Cayes, the island of Ile a Vache (“Cow Island”) has become integral to Haiti’s renewed tourism push. The country’s government has been pushing […]

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Bill Clinton Visits Haiti

Above: former United States President Bill Clinton in Haiti (Photo: Bill Clinton) By the Caribbean Journal staff Former United States President Bill Clinton began a two-day trip to Haiti on Monday. Clinton, who has made a number of visits to […]


From Haiti to Canada, International Flags Raised in Nevis

Above: the newly-raised national flags in downtown Charlestown’s waterfront area (Photo: NIA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Flags from across the international community have been raised in the port of Charlestown in Nevis, part of a beautification project in the […]


Haiti: A New Sports Complex in Jacmel

Above: the new sports complex in Jacmel (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s cultural capital, Jacmel, now has a new addition — a sporting complex. The new “Sporting Complex Jacmel” was inaugurated by Haiti President Michel Martelly on […]


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