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Secrete John Kerry ape vini rale kek Fey Zorey an Ayiti

Mwen tande ke Secretè State John Kerry gin pou li vini an Ayti pou li vini mete lod nan dezod. Yo di ke si pa ginyin yon solisyon ki pran aval li vini, se prale Rel Kay Makorel

Eske se vwe ke John prale ape vini rale kek Fey Zorey?

Opozisyon-an deja di ke yo deja pre pou yo recevwa Secretè John Kerry, min pa ak Kapet rouj. Yo deja prepare manifestasyon pou jounin Vandredi-a ke lape vini.

Anbin, si se pa zorey opozisyon ki deja kampe an "Zo Blod", se zorey ki moun Karry prale rale?

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Somerville Haitian-Brazilian Inaugural Festival Celebrates Immigrant Diversity

Somerville, Haiti, held its first annual "Haiti and Brazil Hit the Ville" joint festival this summer. Somerville is a town that celebrates diversity, and its two biggest immigrant communities, Brazil and Haiti share much in common: their love of soccer, Carnival, and national staple foods, rice and beans. The festival was organized by Somerville Arts Council's Arts Union Program in collaboration with the city of Somerville and SomervilleVIVA, a language exchange program.

Brazil and Haiti first became sister communities in 1978 when Brazil's national soccer hero, Pele, played in Haiti, and the newly composed community anthem, "Haiti e Aqui" was performed. This tribute by Brazil to Haiti solidified the ties of history that have existed between the two nations during the days of the fight for independence.

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Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme, Papa Del Behaving Like Papa Doc

A recent tweet by a trustee named Asher Grossman on Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme that compared him with an infamous Haitian dictator François "Papa Doc" Duvalier has touched off another feud in Spring Valley village. François Duvalier was once a long time President of Haiti but he is more remembered for his murderous acts and repression during his reign. With 31,347 populations as per 2010 census, Spring Valley is the biggest village in Rockland County by population and at the same time, it is the poorest among others.

Like many other Haitians, when Demeza Delhomme was only 21 years old, fled Haiti and took refuge in United States to escape the strict tyrannical regime of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier which was again followed by his successor son Jean-Claude, nicknamed "Baby Doc.".

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Will Mia Love make history by becoming First Haitian-American in US Congress?

November 4th, 2014 is very important for the Haitian Diaspora in the United States. Mia Love who is one of ours is running for House seat from Utah. If she wins, she will make history in several aspects. She will become the First Haitian-American in US Congress? In addition, she will become the first black Republican woman in history.

Will Mia is running as a Republican she currently has in front of her Democrat candidate Doug Owens who has been running behind until recently. According to the latest survey that was released on the week of the election the Democratic candidate was leading by three percentage point. Doug Owens was leading by 45.8 to 42.2 percent point over Mia Love.

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Bill for Department of State to Report Haiti Recovery and Development to Congress

On Thursday July 10, 2014, the Bill Text Versions 113 Congress (2013-14) S.1104 has been passed by unanimous consent in the Senate and sent to the House next for consideration, before it gets approved by the U.S President. The Bill was introduced on June 6, 2013 by Bill Nelson, a Senior Senator of Democratic Party from Florida.

It was introduced to measure the progress of recovery and development efforts in Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, and for other purposes. The other purposes include: review of U.S policy towards sustainable rebuilding and development, helping the affected country, its government and citizens economically and politically, maintaining law and order, essential supplies and building necessary infrastructure with immediate and long term perspectives through a process of cooperation, coordination and control.

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Does Haiti really belong to Haitians or is this a Dream

The discussions held in spring at the "Who 'Owns' Haiti?" symposium by Colin Granderson, who was the head of the CARICOM-OAS Electoral Mission in Haiti in 2010-2011, brought to the public the confirmation that the international community had tried to convince then-president Réné Préval to leave, during the elections held.

The idea that President Préval was offered a plane to fly out of the country in November 2010 had been previously revealed by Ricardo Seitenfus, former OAS Special Representative to Haiti. As the refusal came, the issue was no longer something to be immediately explained, but it comes to the attention of the international community once again in Raoul Peck's documentary "Fatal Assistance," that reveals that the person making the direct proposal was the head of the U.N. mission in Haiti at the time, Edmond Mulet.

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Marie Lucie Tondreau suspended as Mayor of North Miami

The Mayor of North Miami, Marie Lucie Tondreau, is no longer a mayor. She was suspended by the Governor of Florida Rick Scott on Tuesday, May 20, 2014.

On that same day, she appeared in front of a judge as she was accused for working with three others other individuals to commit Mortgage fraud. Ms. Tondreau walked into the FBI office in Miami to surrender. She was granted bail for $50,000. Until her trial that will take place in the future, Lucie Tondreau will have several restrictions. Although she will not have to wear an electronic ankle monitor, she will not be able to stay outside of her home between the hours of 11p.m. to 6 a.m.

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Clinton White House lacked control in Leaking Haiti paper

The White House of President Bill Clinton had faced problems regulating their remote approach message because of journalists' capability to act against each other, as we understand from new documents, which were discharged by the Bill Clinton Presidential Library on Friday.

Tara Sonenshine and Tom Ross of the National Security Council composed a 1994 memo saying that journalists were exploiting the absence of coordination between the State Department and the Defense Department. They wrote to Marl Gearan that too many things were happening at State and Defense that the White House didn't know about. And the communicators of the remote arrangement were not being furnished with regular material. They also stated that the foreign policy communicators were not adequately fulfilling the day by day briefing of the correspondents and analysts, to inform and educate them about the plans.

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Haitian the highest approving population for U.S. job performance and leadership

Between Latin American and Caribbean countries Haitians were found to be the group with the highest approval and appreciation for U.S. job performance and leadership. What the Gallup survey has found is that of 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean surveyed, Haiti came up on top with an approval rating of 71 percent and that Haitians in general have consistently remained the highest approving populace in the region.

It would have been interesting to also ask the Haitian population whether or not they approve the way the U.S. has been working with current government in Haiti? is it likely that the government of Michel Martelly will receive an approval rating of 71 percent just like the U.S? Haiti's Fate Is Decided In Washington, Not Port-au-Prince

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U.S. Report Slams Haiti for Human Rights Violations

Harsh criticism has come out of Washington D.C., regarding human rights abuses in several Caribbean countries. The U.S. government released its comprehensive report "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013". Countries receiving the most condemnation for alleged human rights abuses included Haiti, Jamaica, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Bahamas.

All of the Caribbean countries singled out for egregious human rights abuses shared the same characteristics. Some were prison overcrowding; a weak judiciary system; wide-spread corruption in all government sectors; human trafficking; police brutality; and discrimination against women.

In Haiti's case, the alleged human rights abuses included willful and illegimate murders by government functionaries; excessive use of force by police towards suspects and demonstrators; child abuse under a system called restavek, and human trafficking.

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