Haiti’s minister of culture and communication announced Wednesday that national Carnival celebrations will be canceled in the wake of violent…
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Haiti’s Government Should Cut Carnival Budget
Kanaval 2018, Port-au-Prince, Haiti By Garry Pierre-Pierre Complicating the situation even more this year is that Moise declared a national…
Haiti, News Out of Haiti
Burned Singer Fantom Describes Haiti Carnival Accident
A Haitian singer who was burned by a high-voltage wire while atop a float during a Carnival parade said Wednesday that an unexpected shift forward apparently set off the accident that resulted in a deadly stampede.
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Haiti Organizes Carnival Amid Continued Political Tension
By Joe Colas
JACMEL, Haiti (HCNN)– Haitian authorities organized on Sunday, in the southern town of Jacmel, carnival festivities amid intense political tension with the launch on Monday of a two-day general strike by opposition hardliners, who continue to demand the resignation of the Caribbean country’s leader and a more significant reduction in gas prices.