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

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At the Dominican Republic’s Teeth of the Dog, a Golf Legend Sees What Changed

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Golf legend Lorena Ochoa just played the newly restored Teeth of the Dog at Casa de Campo Resort & Villas in the Dominican Republic, adding another chapter to the Caribbean’s most famous golf course. Lorena Ochoa had never played Teeth of the Dog. On Sept. 4, the former world No. 1 finally got her first […]

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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 following a series of high-level talks with Haiti’s international donor partners in New York City, […]

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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 visit to Haiti in 1983, to the present day, people in positions of power have […]

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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 improve international aid to Haiti and that the international community’s assistance was aligned with the […]

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

 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) was synonymous with the country because of the vast number of NGOs doing business there, […]

Report: Haiti Death Toll Far Smaller than Government Claimed

U.N. Photo/Logan Abassi The death toll from last year’s Haiti earthquake was between 46,000 and 85,000, a number that is far smaller than the official figure of 316,000, according to a report commissioned by the U.S. government. The report, which was prepared for the U.S. Agency for International Development, still contains some inconsistencies, however, and […]