Four Countries Confirm Participation In Cuba Cup
Haiti News
Cyclists from four Latin American and Caribbean countries will take part in the Cuba Track Cycling Cup to be held here Oct 2-4. Mexico, Venezuela, Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago are the countries which, together with Cuba, will be represented in the competition to be held at Velodrome Reinaldo Paseiro in eastern Havana, Cuban Cycling Commissioner Hector Ruiz said Wednesday, reports Xinhua. ...
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Haitian-descended Residents Of Dominican Republic Stripped Of Citizenship By High Court
Haiti News
FILE - In this July 15, 2013 file photo, Haitians and Dominicans gather at a market in the border town of Dajabon in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic's top court on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013 stripped citizenship from thousands of people born to illegal migrants, a category that overwhelmingly includes Haitians brought from their neighboring homeland to work on farms. The ...
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OAS Co-Organized Meeting Of Competitiveness Authorities Of Central America
Haiti News
October 3, 2013 The Organization of American States (OAS), together with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) today organized in Panama City a meeting of Senior Competitiveness Officials of Central America, focused on finding mechanisms to enhance the trade capacity the region. Participants in the meeting included Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Competitiveness ...
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Artists Educators Celebrate Black Looks Heritage In Dominican Republic Challenging Biases
Haiti News
In this Sept. 27, 2013 photo, Dominican actresses Clara Morel, left, and Luz Bautista Matos, of the theater group "Arbol Maravilloso," or "Wonderful Tree," pose for a photo after their performance for school children in Moca, Dominican Republic. Their theater group has visited schools across the country to spread the word among black children that their features and heritage ...
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For Investors Haiti Remains A Tough Place
Haiti News
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, AP - Nickson Toussaint returned to Haiti from Washington, DC, with dreams of opening a small hotel along the shimmering coast north of the country's capital. He bought a hectare of land for $US70,000 ($A78,287) and looked for a loan or investors. But like other expatriates and people of Haitian descent who glimpsed opportunity in helping rebuild the impoverished ...
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Arcade Fire Pays Tribute To Haiti On New Album
Haiti News
MIAMI (AP) Arcade Fire's lead singer says the Canadian band's new album owes a lot to Haiti. "Reflektor" comes out next week. The band played two shows in Miami this week under the name "The Reflektors. " On Thursday night, the band performed in Miami's Little Haiti ...
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Wison Completes LNG Storage Tanks Installation For Caribbean FLNG Project
Haiti News
China's Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd., the upstream oil and gas division of the Wison Group, announced Thursday that it has successfully completed the installation of the three liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks into the hull of the Caribbean floating LNG (FLNG) project, reaching a significant milestone in the delivery of the world’s first floating LNG production unit. With ...
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Video Haitians Seek Billions From U.N. Over Cholera Outbreak
Haiti News
The earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010 was quickly followed by a cholera epidemic that has left more than 8,000 people dead. Forensic studies have linked the spread of the disease to a flawed sewage system at the U.N.'s base for Nepalese soldiers. Now, a group of Haitians is suing the United Nations for bringing cholera to the country. Jeff Glor ...
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