Like so many across the world, Mandeville resident Melissa Breedlove said her heart went out to the people of Haiti two years ago when a devastating earthquake struck the poverty-stricken country.

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The president's office issued a statement saying he respects the rule of law and has no right to meddle in the affairs of an independent judiciary that is overseeing the case of the former ruler known as "Baby Doc." The statement said Martelly's request for international legal experts to help strengthen Haiti's judicial system is evidence of his ... (more)

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Boys and girls aged between the ages of 18 and 25 visited the Society of Industrial Development , a garment production unit.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The press office of Haiti's President Michel Martelly says he won't interfere in the case of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier.Friday's statement comes ... story.haitisun.com | 2/3/12 4:31 PM

Two weeks ago four British ministers including William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, plus a large number of senior officials and representatives of UK companies met with Caribbean Foreign Ministers, ... story.haitisun.com | 2/3/12 4:14 PM

This week's news that former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude (Baby Doc) Duvalier would not be tried for grave human-rights abuses committed under his watch may have been a serious blow to the ... story.haitisun.com | 2/3/12 3:40 PM

Port-au-Prince, Feb 3 : The United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti welcomed on Thursday the ratification by the Government of a pact on economic, social and cultural rights.

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Esperandieu Cenat talks to a reporter in a coffee shop on Monday, Jan 16, 2012 in Colonie, N.Y. Cenat has started an orphanage in Haiti with the help of St.

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Esperandieu Cenat, left, and Christina Costa, president of the St. Francis Xavier Haitian Orphanage Foundation, talk to a reporter in a coffee shop on Monday, Jan 16, 2012 in Colonie, N.Y. Cenat has ... story.haitisun.com | 2/3/12 10:43 AM

This undated photo provided by the Bompart family shows Dave Bompart of Columbus Ohio. Bompart is in critical condition at a Miami hospital after he was airlifted from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, ... story.haitisun.com | 2/3/12 10:27 AM

The Latin America and Caribbean economies should be poised to take a string of steps including easing their monetary policies to guard against contagion risks triggered by the eurozone debt crisis, an story.haitisun.com | 2/3/12 8:00 AM

Last year, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck just miles from Haiti's capital city of Port-au-Prince. More recently, massive earthquakes have also struck Christchurch, New Zealand and Japan's east coast, shocking and devastating local residents and providing a striking reminder of how quickly the earth can change.

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David Bompart, the Good Samaritan who was shot in Port-au-Prince during an attempted robbery, has died.Bompart, 50, from Columbus, Ohio, died Thursday at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he was ... story.haitisun.com | 2/3/12 6:37 AM

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., the world's second-largest cruise operator, warned that earnings in the current quarter could fall by as much as 50 per cent as the Costa Concordia disaster off ... story.haitisun.com | 2/3/12 5:54 AM

MIAMI (AP) -- An Ohio man critically wounded while he was in Haiti to help with earthquake rebuilding has died in a Miami hospital.David Bompart of Columbus was shot Jan. 24 outside a bank in ... story.haitisun.com | 2/3/12 5:50 AM

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council will start a four-day mission to Haiti on Feb. 13 to look at reconstruction efforts resulting from the 2010 earthquake, the council ... story.haitisun.com | 2/3/12 4:46 AM

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MINUSTAH ) welcomed today the ratification by the Government of a pact on economic, social and cultural rights. The ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural ... story.haitisun.com | 2/3/12 1:23 AM

A United Nations expert human rights panel has voiced concern about the right to security impinging on the right to be free from arbitrary detention in El Salvador, as well as extreme overcrowding in story.haitisun.com | 2/3/12 1:16 AM

Santo Domingo, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) Sports, economic and political sectors denounced the sale in dollars for admission tickets to the matches in the 2012 Caribbean Baseball Series in the Dominican ... story.haitisun.com | 2/3/12 1:10 AM

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A Ohio man who dedicated his life to help the earthquake relief effort in Haiti has died after being shot in the stomach while doing work in Port-au-Prince. David Bompart ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 11:30 PM

A U.S. man died Thursday from gunshot wounds he suffered a week ago during a robbery in Haiti where he was working on an orphanage he and his wife were building through their charity, officials said.

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April James-Jones, owner of Ebony & Ivory Salon, has been known to throw parties for customers, some of whom come from Central Texas.

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An Ohio man critically wounded while he was in Haiti to help with earthquake rebuilding has died in a Miami hospital.

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In a 2011 Forum on the Crisis of Housing in Haiti , a group of camp residents and advocates asked "grassroots organizations and all other movements to mobilize with us on the housing issue so that we can achieve this dream of justice and liberty." Today, with more than 500,000 people still living under sun-scorched tarps two years after the ... (more)

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Santo Domingo, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) The 53rd Caribbean Baseball Series will begin on Thursday with the participation of four champion clubs at the winter league in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 7:28 PM

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., the world’s second-largest cruise operator, forecast 2012 earnings below analysts’ estimates after rival Carnival Corp.’s Costa Concordia accident in ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 7:22 PM

Santo Domingo.- Despite their economic limitations Venezuela and Dominican Republic are the nations which have most contributed to Haiti's reconstruction, the ambassador from Caracas affirmed ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 7:02 PM

(CBS) Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts is in the Dominican Republic and unveiled renderings Thursday of a new baseball academy the team is going to build in the baseball rich country. Encompassing 50 ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 5:48 PM

IBW Group, which currently counts operations in Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Costa Rica, has reportedly entered into negotiations with an unspecified number of mobile network operators in ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 2:04 PM

Weekly News Update on the Americas Issue #1080, May 15, 2011 1. Haiti: Aid Falls Short, and the Homeless Face Evictions 2. Haiti: New President Inaugurated in the Dark 3. Honduras: Violence ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

2010 State Department Human Rights Report on Haiti - by Stephen Lendman Haiti's human rights history is long and abusive, alleviated only during Jean-Bertrand Aristide's tenure. Besides ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

Economic and Political Power of Oil Industry Succeeds in Weakening Deep Water Drilling Regulations Interview with Antonia Juhasz, author of "Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

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Friday, March 18, 7:30 PM The Women of Haiti Director and founder of SOPUDEP (Society of Providence United for the Economic Development of ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

In 2004, the U.S. government engineered a coup d'etat against the elected president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Currently foreign troops occupy Haiti, denying the Haitian people their ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

Berkeley architect Martin Hammer will show slides and discuss the recent construction of a sustainable prototype house in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The "Ti Kay Pay" (Small Straw House) is the ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

Obstructing and Delaying Aristide's Return - by Stephen Lendman He's lived in exile since US marines forcefully ousted him at gunpoint on February 29, 2004. Efforts to help him return ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

Haiti watchers in the US repeatedly hear several questions from North Americans new to the island nation's history: why is Washington obsessed with containing any legitimate pro-democracy ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

Join Haiti Action Committee at this critical moment to support the demands of the Haitian people for the return of President Aristide, annulment of the November 28th sham elections, prosecution of ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

Understanding Haiti: The Ongoing Earthquake Crisis and the Legacy of Slavery and Exploitation by Professor Robert Fatton, Jr. Friday, March 11, 2011 Room 607 Reception begins at 6:30 PM Robert ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/01/let-aristide-return.html On January 20, Al Jazeera headlined, "Baby Doc wants Haiti presidency," saying: Despite his 15-year reign of terror and ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

Duvalier in the Dock - by Stephen Lendman Don't bet on it, or at most expect prosecutorial pretense, theater, with Baby Doc Duvalier free to return to his luxury French villa, though perhaps ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

Haiti's Path to Earthquake Recovery Requires More Justice and Aid Interview with Sherman Malone, cofounder of Haiti Marycare, conducted by Melinda Tuhus Jan. 12 marked the first anniversary of ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

Our first meeting of 2011 will focus on what the impoverished island nation of Haiti is going through, with the very knowledgeable and experienced Seth Donnelly of the Haiti Action Committee ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

More on Haiti's Raging Cholera, Electoral Fraud and Deportations - by Stephen Lendman Haitians remains plagued by a perfect storm combination of earthquake devastation, crushing poverty, raging ... story.haitisun.com | 2/2/12 1:44 PM

Plans for new army divide opinion in coup-prone Haiti www.bbc.co.uk | 1/24/12 10:53 AM

Haiti leader launches power program in energy-deprived nation

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Did UK cash make a difference to Haiti? www.bbc.co.uk | 1/12/12 3:14 AM

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