http://www.mail.com/locations/1406-haiti.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/1406-haiti.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084788-eviction-fears-haunt-haiti-camps-attacks.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Attorney Reynold Georges showed up with a judge and a police officer on a recent afternoon at Camp Acra, a cluster of tents and plywood shelters scattered across rocky hills dotted with trees in the heart of the Haitian capital. The lawyer told the camp of some 30,000 people that they were squatting on his land and had to leav... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:49:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084788-eviction-fears-haunt-haiti-camps-attacks.html 2013-05-14T18:49:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2072476-lawyers-haiti-cholera-lawsuit-threatened-un.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A Boston-based human rights group said Wednesday it will sue the United Nations in 60 days if the world body does not agree to compensate Haitian cholera victims, apologize to the Caribbean nation for introducing the disease through its peacekeeping force, and launch a major effort to improve sanitation. Lawyers for the Institute for... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:48:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2072476-lawyers-haiti-cholera-lawsuit-threatened-un.html 2013-05-08T21:48:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066522-haitians-using-puerto-rico-migrant-route.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haitians have been fleeing their troubled country for years, trying to reach the U.S. or other Caribbean islands by sea or by trekking across the island of Hispaniola to scratch out a living in the Dominican Republic. But a newly popular route has caught officials in the Caribbean by surprise, taking migrants to a piece of the... Mon, 06 May 2013 21:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066522-haitians-using-puerto-rico-migrant-route.html 2013-05-06T21:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2047366-caribbean-gridlocked-courts-stall-lives.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Claudette Johnson still has a hard time sleeping at night a decade after her son was fatally shot in a confrontation with Jamaican police and 15 years after her taxi driver husband was murdered by gunmen. Year after year, both cases have collected dust in the island's gridlocked court system, leaving her in limbo. Meanwhile, she's... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:49:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2047366-caribbean-gridlocked-courts-stall-lives.html 2013-04-26T18:49:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043376-bush-clinton-families-stage-texas.html DALLAS (AP) — They have dominated American politics for the past three decades: the Bush and Clinton families, taking turns in a string of positions of power and influence. The dedication of George W. Bush's presidential library on Thursday shines a spotlight on two of the nation's most prominent political dynasties — and the prospect of another White Hou... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:01:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043376-bush-clinton-families-stage-texas.html 2013-04-25T07:01:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2039016-amnesty-criticizes-haiti-evictions-camps.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti has violated international human rights obligations by failing to protect people who have been forced to leave the impromptu settlements that sprang up in the Caribbean nation after the 2010 earthquake, a global advocacy group said Tuesday. A report by Amnesty International said it found that thousands of displaced peopl... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:05:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2039016-amnesty-criticizes-haiti-evictions-camps.html 2013-04-23T16:05:44Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2024300-brazil-official-world-cup-olympics-will-safe.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian officials said Tuesday they were closely following the investigation into the explosions at the Boston Marathon as they consider whether to change security measures for next year's World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. But a top official with FIFA, soccer's world governing body, said his organization was already planning tougher... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:49:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2024300-brazil-official-world-cup-olympics-will-safe.html 2013-04-16T22:49:08Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2023996-fifa-head-boost-security-boston-blasts.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A top FIFA official says the international football organization will be stepping up security for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil as a result of the bombings at the Boston Marathon. FIFA Secretary-General Jerome Valcke said during a visit to Haiti that the security measures will include secret service agents, police officers... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:55:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2023996-fifa-head-boost-security-boston-blasts.html 2013-04-16T20:55:34Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2011242-alarm-vanishing-frogs-caribbean.html PATILLAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — A curtain of sound envelops the two researchers as they make their way along the side of a mountain in darkness, occasionally hacking their way with a machete to reach the mouth of a small cave. Peeps, tweets and staccato whistles fill the air, a pulsing undercurrent in the tropical night. To the untrained ear, it's just a mis... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:12:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2011242-alarm-vanishing-frogs-caribbean.html 2013-04-10T21:12:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1996952-haiti-historian-who-chronicled-capital-dies-88.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — George Corvington, a prominent Haitian historian best known for his exhaustive study of the Caribbean nation's capital of Port-au-Prince, died Wednesday at age 88, a close friend said. Fellow historian and longtime friend Georges Michel said that Corvington died peacefully in his sleep at his home in the capital he wrote so mu... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:56:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1996952-haiti-historian-who-chronicled-capital-dies-88.html 2013-04-04T04:56:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1994334-un-haitians-arent-food.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United Nations said Tuesday that a growing number of people in Haiti are not getting enough to eat following a heavy storm season that damaged food crops. The humanitarian department of the U.N. mission in the Caribbean nation of 10 million people said in its monthly bulletin that a spike in malnutrition has been recorded ... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:07:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1994334-un-haitians-arent-food.html 2013-04-03T00:07:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1994154-un-people-haiti-eating.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United Nations says a growing number of Haitians are not getting enough to eat. The U.N. mission in the Caribbean nation of 10 million people said in a monthly bulletin Tuesday that a spike in malnutrition has been recorded in some areas since October. At least one in five households faces a serious food deficit and acute ... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:59:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1994154-un-people-haiti-eating.html 2013-04-02T22:59:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1980650-haiti-replaces-head-industrial-park-agency.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Haitian government has issued a presidential decree replacing the head of an agency that oversees a new industrial park that the U.S. invested in heavily after the Caribbean nation's 2010 earthquake. The office of President Michel Martelly announced Tuesday that he had issued a decree naming business owner Bernard Schettin... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:22:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1980650-haiti-replaces-head-industrial-park-agency.html 2013-03-26T20:22:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1978346-haiti-splashes-slum-with-psychedelic-colors.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — One of Haiti's biggest shantytowns, a vast expanse of grim cinderblock homes on a mountainside in the nation's capital, is getting a psychedelic makeover that aims to be part art and part homage. Workers this month began painting the concrete facades of buildings in Jalousie slum a rainbow of purple, peach, lime and cream, ins... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:04:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1978346-haiti-splashes-slum-with-psychedelic-colors.html 2013-03-25T20:04:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955562-testimony-resumes-haitis-baby-doc-case.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Testimony in the high-profile case of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier resumed Thursday, with another alleged victim describing abuses she says were committed under his rule. Dr. Nicole Magloire told an appellate court about the broad influence wielded by the former leader known as "Baby Doc," and the alleged viola... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:47:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955562-testimony-resumes-haitis-baby-doc-case.html 2013-03-14T20:47:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955082-testimony-resumes-haiti-baby-doc-case.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Alleged victims of the government of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier have resumed their testimony in court. Dr. Nicole Magloire told Haiti's court of appeals Thursday that the government of the leader known as 'Baby Doc' jailed her and drove her into exile. A three-judge panel has been gathering testimony from peo... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:01:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955082-testimony-resumes-haiti-baby-doc-case.html 2013-03-14T18:01:38Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1948090-clinton-awards-than-700000-to-haiti-farms.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A charity for former U.S. President Bill Clinton awarded more than $700,000 to develop the country's agriculture sector. The Clinton Foundation announced Monday that the grants will go toward efforts to plant trees, build a coffee farm and train farmers. Clinton has been the United Nations' special envoy to Haiti since shortly... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:57:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1948090-clinton-awards-than-700000-to-haiti-farms.html 2013-03-12T07:57:21Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1936822-venezuela-petro-allies-nervous-chavezs-death.html HAVANA (AP) — Cubans remember the so-called Special Period of the 1990s, when the Soviet Union's sudden collapse plunged the island into years of economic depression, with cars and buses disappearing from the streets for lack of fuel and rolling blackouts leaving the capital in darkness. Now Cubans fear a return of hard times following the death of Venezu... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:39:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1936822-venezuela-petro-allies-nervous-chavezs-death.html 2013-03-06T23:39:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1935032-chavez-widely-mourned-hope-change-way.html LONDON (AP) — Some cried, some cheered. Many Latin Americans mourned the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, leaders in Europe and Asia sent condolences, and Iran's president predicted great works in the afterlife. President Barack Obama, meanwhile, focused on "a new chapter" for Venezuela, following 14 years in which Chavez cast himself as a bulwa... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:46:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1935032-chavez-widely-mourned-hope-change-way.html 2013-03-06T22:46:08Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1917864-sean-penn-calls-progress-haiti-extraordinary.html CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Sean Penn remembers smelling dead bodies when he arrived in Haiti after the earthquake. But now there's music in those same streets even as the country faces many years of rebuilding, the Academy Award-winning actor said Tuesday. Penn said "extraordinary" changes have happened since the Jan. 12, 2010, natural disaster killed more t... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:15:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1917864-sean-penn-calls-progress-haiti-extraordinary.html 2013-02-27T03:15:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1906156-haitis-baby-doc-summoned-to-court-no-show.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A Haitian judge on Thursday summoned Jean-Claude Duvalier to appear in court after the former dictator defied an order to attend a hearing to determine whether he should again face charges for human rights abuses committed during the nearly 15 years of his brutal regime. In an airless courtroom filled with human rights activis... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:48:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1906156-haitis-baby-doc-summoned-to-court-no-show.html 2013-02-22T03:48:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1906642-un-rejects-damage-claim-haiti-cholera-victims.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations rejected a claim for damages on behalf of more than 5,000 Haitian cholera victims and their families on Thursday, citing diplomatic immunity. The claim was filed in November 2011 by the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, a Boston-based human rights group that contended the U.N. and its peacekeeping force... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:51:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1906642-un-rejects-damage-claim-haiti-cholera-victims.html 2013-02-21T23:51:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899848-us-ag-meets-with-caribbean-leaders-haiti.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder discussed regional crime with Caribbean leaders on Monday during a summit in Haiti. Holder talked with the leaders of mostly English-speaking Caribbean countries about crime problems, efforts to curb weapons and drug trafficking and a need to alert countries in the region about imminent deport... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:07:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899848-us-ag-meets-with-caribbean-leaders-haiti.html 2013-02-18T23:07:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1873032-haitian-schools-expand-use-creole-language.html CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti (AP) — Teenagers in blue-and-white uniforms pour out of classrooms of this boarding school at the edge of Haiti's capital, chattering in their native language of Creole about the science test they have just taken. "Eske ou te byen konpoze?" asks one boy in the campus courtyard. In English, it translates as "How do you think you d... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1873032-haitian-schools-expand-use-creole-language.html 2013-02-06T18:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1860022-haiti-snake-artist-uses-carnival-to.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Saintilus Resilus' day job this time of year is walking the streets of Haiti's capital with snakes on his head. He sees himself as something of a performance artist, showing off with snakes and other animals that Haitians don't see every day, earning tips from impromptu audiences during the pre-Lenten Carnival season. ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1860022-haiti-snake-artist-uses-carnival-to.html 2013-01-31T20:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1847900-ap-interview-haiti-eyes-tourism-businesses.html DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Haiti's prime minister says his country is hoping to attract high-end tourists and multinational investors — instead of constant aid handouts — so it can get on its feet after the devastating 2010 earthquake. Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said Saturday he recognizes that's an ambitious dream for a country where 52 percent of the... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1847900-ap-interview-haiti-eyes-tourism-businesses.html 2013-01-26T19:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1838112-haitian-amputee-comeback-dance-floor.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Georges Exantus thought he'd never dance again. He was lucky just to be alive. The earthquake three years ago in Haiti's capital flattened the apartment where he was living and he spent three days trapped under jagged rubble. After friends dug him out, doctors amputated his right leg just below the knee. Is... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1838112-haitian-amputee-comeback-dance-floor.html 2013-01-22T22:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1835600-big-truck-details-disastrous-haiti-aid-effort.html "The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster" (Palgrave Macmillan), by Jonathan M. Katz After two and one-half years in Haiti, Jonathan Katz was preparing to leave the impoverished but endlessly intriguing nation in January 2010. His next reporting assignment: Afghanistan. Then, a massive earthquake ripped apart... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1835600-big-truck-details-disastrous-haiti-aid-effort.html 2013-01-21T16:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1831162-branford-marsalis-headlines-jazz-festival-haiti.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Saxophone legend Branford Marsalis is headlining a jazz festival in Haiti. Marsalis arrived in the impoverished Caribbean nation Friday to perform several shows at the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival. The first show for the Branford Marsalis Quartet will be Friday night in the coastal town of Jacmel. The second show... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1831162-branford-marsalis-headlines-jazz-festival-haiti.html 2013-01-18T21:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815960-haiti-quietly-marks-quakes-3rd-anniversary.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — President Michel Martelly urged Haitians to recall the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives in a devastating earthquake three years ago, marking the disaster's anniversary Saturday with a simple ceremony. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton joined Martelly later in the day for a similarly quiet wreath-laying commemo... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815960-haiti-quietly-marks-quakes-3rd-anniversary.html 2013-01-12T23:08:00Z