On Oct. 17, thousands of Haitians took to the streets of the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, to protest against the alleged misuse of Petrocaribe funds. The funds were a part of a Venezuelan-sponsored oil assistance program. An investigation by Haiti’s Senate found that at least 14 former government officials allegedly misused $3.8 billion under the administration…
Haiti Haiti Police Open Fire On Protesters Hundreds of people protested on the streets of Haiti’s capital Wednesday, demanding an investigation into the alleged diversion of $3.8 billion (US dollars) of funds from a Venezuelan oil agreement with Haiti and other Caribbean countries. Police officers fired live ammunition at unarmed protesters. Continue reading Haitians Protest…
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti has announced a temporary ban on carrying firearms throughout the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country until Thursday as Haitians commemorate the 212thanniversary of the assassination of Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines on Wednesday. “All licenses to carry a firearm are considered, in this circumstance, to be a license to possess firearms…
Hundreds of people protested on the streets of Haiti’s capital Wednesday, demanding an investigation into the alleged diversion of $3.8 billion (US dollars) of funds from a Venezuelan oil agreement with Haiti and other Caribbean countries.Police officers fired live ammunition at unarmed protesters.Protesters burned tires at makeshift barricades throughout Port-au-Prince as many called for President…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A protest by tens of thousands of people across Haiti turned violent Wednesday as anger grows over the alleged misuse of funds from an oil assistance program sponsored by Venezuela. Gunshots rang out while protesters threw rocks, blocked roads and burned tires to demand more transparency in how the government uses funds…
As kids ran up and down the newly renovated soccer field while playing soccer and catch with a football, wide smiles formed on their faces. Miami Parks and Recreation Director Kevin Kirwin was ready to show off the Little Haiti Soccer Park. Kirwin was unveiling a $1.8 million rehab of the city’s park, which has…
On Oct. 17, thousands of Haitians took to the streets of the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, to protest against the alleged misuse of Petrocaribe funds. The funds were a part of a Venezuelan-sponsored oil assistance program. An investigation by Haiti’s Senate found that at least 14 former government officials allegedly misused $3.8 billion under the administration…
Haiti Belladères to Co-Host 22nd bi-annual ecotourism fair. From October 25 to November 4, the Dominican city of Fantino Province Sanchez Ramirez, will host the 22nd edition of the binational ecotourism and production fair. Belladères, Haitian border city was chosen as guest of honor of this fair bringing together various actors working in alternative tourism….
Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah) is tied with Democratic Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams in Utah’s 4th Congressional District race, according to a new survey. The survey, released on Monday by the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune, shows each candidate with the support of 46 percent…
2018 Neustadt International Prize for Literature laureate Edwidge Danticat thanked a variety of people Thursday night as she accepted her award in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom on the OU campus: other authors, her husband and children, Neustadt jurors and World Literature Today staff. But her most profound gratitude was reserved for her parents. “I…