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Entries for November, 2009

IPS: Shooting Incident Sparks Anger at U.N. Troops

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By Ansel Herz
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 20 (IPS) – Under a beating sun in the grassy field where two U.N. helicopters landed in Grand Goave last week, 19-year-old Benson Blanc moved his hands as if rapid-firing a gun into the ground in front of him and made a “tok-tok-tok-tok” sound. This is how the [...]

Haiti Liberte:Cries of Foul As Elections Scheduled For February, 2010

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by Kim Ives
Slowed by political wrangling and mysterious bureaucratic deliberations, Haiti’s elections have historically taken months and even years to organize. Suddenly, the electoral schedule, announced on Nov. 11, just two days after the new prime minister’s record-fast ratification, is moving at warp speed.
The new Provisional Electoral [...]

A Tale of Two Churches – One in Haiti, the other in New Orleans

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By Wadner Pierre
In 2006 two struggles were going on in two different Catholic churches and in two different countries. At Saint Claire’s Parish, Tiplas Kazo, Delmas 33 (one part of Delmas County), Haitian parishioners, students, and community leaders stood up against the decision of the Archdiocese of [...]

Haiti Liberte: Haitian PM Ousted Amid Murky Circumstances

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by Kim Ives
Haiti’s Senate dismissed Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 at half past midnight. The vote came after a raucous debate that began at about 1:00 p.m. the day before. Senators opposed to Pierre-Louis’ dismissal – Rudy Hériveaux, Youri Latortue, Evaliere Beauplan, Edmonde Supplice [...]

A Tale of Two Churches – One in Haiti, the other in New Orleans

Image by The Library of Congress via Flickr

By Wadner Pierre
In 2006 two struggles were going on in two different Catholic churches and in two different countries. At Saint Claire’s Parish, Tiplas Kazo, Delmas 33 (one part of Delmas County), Haitian parishioners, students, and community leaders stood up against the decision of the Archdiocese of [...]

  
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