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Haiti’s Lamothe Visits Brazil

Above: the meeting of Brazil’s National Confederation of Industries (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe arrived in Brasilia Monday morning for a five-day visit to Brazil, following his trip to Cuba last week. […]

Jamaica Names First-Ever Representative to African Union

Above: a meeting of the African Union By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has appointed Carlton Masters as Jamaica’s first-ever representative to the African Union. Masters’ appointment also includes the post of Special Envoy of […]

Haiti Holds First Meeting of New Committee on Foreign Aid

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and its international donors held the first-ever meeting of the new Committee on Coordination of External Aid for the Development of […]

In Miami, a Taste of Haiti

Above: the Taste of Haiti event in North Miami (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell MIAMI — Haitian cuisine was on full display Saturday at the first annual Taste of Haiti at the Museum of Contemporary Art Plaza in […]

Haiti: MINUSTAH Chief Nigel Fisher Begins South American Tour

Above: Nigel Fisher By the Caribbean Journal staff Nigel Fisher, the head of the United Nations’ MINUSTAH peacekeeping mission in Haiti, begins a South American tour this weekend. It is the first trip abroad for Fisher since he succeeded former […]

Haiti, Mexico Eye Increased Trade

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Bilateral trade between Mexico and Haiti stood at $61.7 million last year, a number Haiti President Michel Martelly and Mexico President […]

Haiti’s Michel Martelly, Dominican Republic’s Danilo Medina Hold Talks

Above: the meeting in Haiti (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s government has offered to support a process initiated by Haiti’s government to provide identity documents for its nationals. The offer, which the Dominican Republic […]

Haiti: US, UN “Welcome” Formation of Transitional Electoral Council

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s recent agreement on a transitional college of the Permanent Electoral Council, a move that paves the way for the holding of long-delayed elections, is drawing praise from the United States […]

Haiti Approves 84-Room “Monte Cristo” Hotel Project in Tabarre

Above: a rough rendering of the project By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Interministerial Commission on Investment has approved a $9 million hotel project in Tabarre. The 84-unit Monte Cristo Hotel & Suites, which is the brainchild of developer-investor Donald […]

Haiti: Number of People Living in Tent Camps Down 79 Percent Since 2010

Above: tent housing in Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The number of people still living in tent camps in Haiti as a result of the 2010 earthquake has fallen 79 percent since a 2010 high of 1.5 […]

Haiti: Sri Lanka Sends New Contingent of United Nations Peacekeepers

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Sri Lanka is sending 750 new soldiers to be part of the United Nations’ peacekeeping force in Haiti, the country’s government announced Monday. A group of 400 soldiers from the country’s […]

Michel Forst, UN Human Rights Expert in Haiti, Tenders Resignation

Above: Michel Forst (UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre) By Alexander Britell Michel Forst, the United Nations’ Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti, has resigned from his position. A spokesperson for the MINUSTAH peacekeeping mission in Haiti confirmed the […]

Haiti, Latin American Officials Hold Talks on Energy Sector

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian officials were joined this week by members of the Latin American Energy Association for talks on the country’s energy sector. Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe led the working meeting, joined […]

Cholera Treatment in Haiti “Crippled” By Lack of Funds, Supplies

Above: a cholera treatment centre in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cholera treatment in Haiti has been “crippled” by a lack of funds and supplies, according to medical humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders. That has led […]

As Haiti Develops Tourism Sector, It Looks to Aruba for Inspiration

Above: Aruba PM Mike Eman and Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM Haiti) By Alexander Britell In a region with few natural resources, tourism is to the Caribbean as oil is to the Middle East. To be sure, some countries […]

Haiti: UN “Concerned” Over Forced Evictions of Displaced Persons

Above: residents at a camp for internally displaced persons in Haiti (UN Photo/Igor Rugwiza) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations says it is “concerned” about recent incidents of forced evictions of residents of camps for internally displaced persons […]

Heineken to Invest $40 Million to Expand, Upgrade Haiti’s Brana Brewery

Above: the brewery produces the Prestige beer brand, among others By the Caribbean Journal staff Heineken will be investing more than $40 million in the coming years to upgrade and expand the Brasserie Nationale d’Haiti (BRANA) brewery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, […]

Op-Ed: When Will the United Nations Pay for Its Actions in Haiti?

By Jake Johnston Op-Ed Contributor Less than a week after cholera began its violent spread throughout Haiti, a UN military base in the central plateau became the prime suspect for having introduced the bacteria. The UN was quick to shoot […]

Haiti Launches National Plan to Eliminate Cholera By 2022

Above: UN peacekeepers in Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has presented its national plan to eliminate cholera on the island of Hispaniola. The government said the $2.2 billion plan, which was officially launched Wednesday, is “national […]

Changing the Image of Haiti

Above: Haiti Communication Minister Regine Godefroy (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell MIAMI — At a forum at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government Tuesday night, actor and Haiti Goodwill Ambassador Sean Penn mentioned the sometimes problematic way in which Haiti […]

Haiti: Strengthening National Police Force a “Big Priority”

Above: Haiti Secretary of State for Public Security Reginald Delva (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell NORTH MIAMI — Haiti plans to increase the size of the Haitian National Police to a force of around 15,000 by 2016, according to Reginald […]

Durandis: The Media, the United Nations and Leadership in Haiti

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor The lack of excellent leadership in Haiti over the years is the primary reason why the United Nations is in Haiti. It was after the removal of a democratically-elected government in 2004 and at the […]

UN’s Nigel Fisher Suggests Haiti “Not Yet” Open for Business

Above: Nigel Fisher (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nigel Fisher, the new chief of the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Haiti, made his first public appearance since succeeding Mariano Fernandez Friday, calling for Haiti to move forward on long-delayed […]

Monaco’s Prince Albert II Visits Haiti to Inaugurate School

Above: Prince Albert II and Haiti President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Monaco’s Prince Albert II visited Port-au-Prince Friday for a one-day trip. The Prince came to Haiti to inaugurate the Prince Albert II of […]

Report Urges National Consensus in Haiti

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is in a race against time to “convince its own people, donors and potential investors that progress and stability are still achievable,” according to a new […]

Haiti: Outgoing MINUSTAH Chief Calls Election Delay “Almost Unacceptable”

Above: outgoing MINUSTAH Chief Mariano Fernandez (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s delay in holding local and legislative elections is “almost unacceptable,” according to Mariano Fernandez, who completed his term as head of the UN’s peacekeeping mission […]

Mountain Biking in Haiti

Above: mountain biking at La Visite (Photo: Steve Z Photography) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s new tourism push is still in its early stages — but one niche the country seeks to develop is the adventure market. On that […]

Haiti Holds Talks on Food Vouchers

Above: Haiti First Lady Sophia Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti First Lady Sophia Martelly led a meeting this week to discuss the United States Agency for International Development’s food voucher progarmme in the country. The programme, which was […]

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