http://www.mail.com/locations/3360-port-au-prince.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/3360-port-au-prince.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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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 http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1811082-view-post-quake-haiti.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Six days a week, the rail-thin athlete sets off at daybreak, his neon-green running shoes glowing in the grey light of dawn. It's hard not to notice Astrel Clovis. He's one of the only runners ever seen in Port-au-Prince, where there are few sidewalks, let alone bike lanes, and major thoroughfares seemed more pothole than road... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1811082-view-post-quake-haiti.html 2013-01-10T22:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1790804-dept-warns-americans-haiti-travel.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has issued a revised Haiti travel advisory, warning Americans planning to travel to the Caribbean island nation about robbery, lawlessness, infectious disease and poor medical facilities. "U.S. citizens have been victims of violent crime, including murder and kidnapping, predominantly in the Port-au-Prince area. No ... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1790804-dept-warns-americans-haiti-travel.html 2012-12-30T05:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1776082-artisans-thriving-post-quake-haiti.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The sharp tang of varnish hangs in the air as a dozen women and a few men cut and scrape logs into bowls destined for U.S. department stores. In other Haitian workshops, vases sparkle with sequins of pink, green and blue, and dragonflies leap from picture frames cut from recycled steel drums. Three years after a devastating ea... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1776082-artisans-thriving-post-quake-haiti.html 2012-12-19T11:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760814-sean-penn-port-au-prince-haiti-detroit.html NEW YORK (AP) — As the three-year mark approaches of the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed, injured and displaced hundreds of thousands of people, actor- activist Sean Penn describes life in the country's capital city. In the January issue of Esquire magazine, Penn compares Port-au-Prince to Detroit, saying, "It's not more dangerous, it's not le... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760814-sean-penn-port-au-prince-haiti-detroit.html 2012-12-12T19:09:00Z