The New Dark Age

10 January, 2010

UN pledges support for Haiti elections
UPI.com
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 9 (UPI) — The head of the United Nations
mission in Haiti promised logistical support for the country’s national
elections this …
www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/01/09/UN-pledges-support-for-Haiti-elections/UPI-42561263060984/

Commentary: The Haitian solution – Part 2
Caribbean Net News
By Jean H Charles “For sheer unspoiled physical beauty, no place on earth
can beat Haiti, the problem is the hard life of Haitians interfere with my…
www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-20775—6-6—.html

U.N. pledges support for Haiti elections | A GFBC bLOG
By GFBC Productions Staff
In a news conference Friday, Hedi Annabi, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s
special representative, said the United Nations will handle the
distribution of ballots and other electoral material to Haiti’s 11500
polling places and collect …
blog.gfbcproductions.biz/2010/01/09/u.n.-pledges-support-for-haiti-elections-2/

Vancouver Haiti Delegation: Jacmel – Port-Au-Prince – Vancouver
By Vancouver Haiti
I would also like to say that one of the most difficult parts of Haiti for
people who are concerned with the country is the issues of NGOs. Overall, I
believe there needs to be systematic review and reform of aid. …
vancouverhaiti.blogspot.com/2010/01/jacmel-port-au-prince-vancouver.html

9 January, 2010

UN pledges full security and logistical support for Haiti’s upcoming elections
UN News Centre
8 January 2010 – Presidential and legislative elections are the major
challenge facing Haiti in 2010 and the United Nations will provide the
necessary …
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33434&Cr=haiti&Cr1=

Haitian Immigrant’s Redemption Story Leaves ICE Cold
New America Media
30, 2009, Montrevil was arrested, pending deportation to Haiti. By New
Year’s Day, a hundred gathered at his church to call for his release. US
Rep. …
news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=54cd394426c8dc61636188aa28517a77

Haiti experiences a hotel boom
MiamiHerald.com
By JACQUELINE CHARLES A decade after Haiti’s only US hotel franchise
removed its marquee from a downtown Port-au-Prince building, the Caribbean
nation is …
www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1414886.html

Haitian extradited in French consul’s death
eTaiwan News (blog)
The 31-year-old Haitian is accused of killing French honorary consul Paul
Henri Mourral during the violence following President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide’s …
www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1151237&lang=eng_news

Police: 3-year-old American abducted in Haiti
eTaiwan News (blog)
Anti-kidnapping investigator Francois Dossous of the Haitian National
Police says two men took him from the yard and sped off on a motorcycle
before …
www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1151284&lang=eng_news

CARIBBEAN CROSSROADS: Haitian Independence Day
The South Florida Times
In addition to welcoming a brand new year, Haiti celebrated the 206th year
anniversary of its independence from the French. Haitian activist
Jean-Robert …
www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3762&Itemid=188

The same old `white savior’ complex
MiamiHerald.com
(In Haiti, Vodun means lifting up “sacred energies.”) Note how Cameron
uses Augustine to belittle an actual indigenous Haitian cultural practice
in order …
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1415121.html
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Global Voices Online “ Haiti: Free & Fair?
By Janine Mendes-Franco
Haitian blogger Wadner Pierre features a letter from a U.S. Congresswoman
who expresses concerns that the island’s upcoming elections would be “a
set back for Haiti’s democratic development if these elections will not be
fair and …
globalvoicesonline.org/2010/01/08/haiti-free-fair/

UN Will Provide Security For Elections In Haiti
By mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3)
Presidential and legislative elections are the major challenge facing Haiti
in 2010 and the United Nations will provide the necessary security and
logistical support to further their success.
thesop.org/world/2010/01/08/un-will-provide-security-for-elections-in-haiti

Haiti
By Marc
The level of development is about the same, the people are the same (Haiti
is largely inhabited by those of West African descent), the tropical
climate is similar. Some people would even say that the language is
related, as Haitian …
www.yachana.org/reports/haiti/2010/01/ghana-haiti.html
Haiti
www.yachana.org/reports/haiti/blog.html

Notes from the Field: Christmas in Haiti
By Hannah Hoover
Christmas is a special time in Haiti, celebrated with glowing luminaries,
all-night festivities on the 24th and excellent Caribbean fare. It is a
community celebration—family, friends and neighbors enjoy time together,
sharing good …
childrens-placeinhaiti.blogspot.com/2010/01/christmas-in-haiti.html

8 January, 2010

UN Rep: Haiti’s Future Depends on Smooth Elections
New York Times
By AP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s democratic and economic
development hinge on a pair of legislative and presidential elections
planned for this …
www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/07/world/AP-CB-Haiti-UN-Elections.html

President Obama has not followed through on his promise of fair immigration reform
New York Daily News
30 for deportation to Haiti. The alleged reason: A 20-year-old drug
conviction for which he already served time. Montrevil has kept a clean
record ever …
www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2010/01/07/2010-01-07_deport_policy_has_done_jean_wrong.html

Army general, Jesuit priest square off at Dominican-Haiti border
Dominican Today
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s border guard (CESFRONT) commander
today said he’s surprised by the Jesuit priest Regino Martinez’s allegation
that a …
www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2010/1/7/34410/Army-general-Jesuit-priest-square-off-at-Dominican-Haiti-border

Introducing Project Einstein: Haiti | Digital Democracy
By Mark Belinsky
The year is certainly off to an exciting start. Digital Democracy is
putting together our annual report for 2009 and pushing out new projects
for 2010. We’re.
www.digital-democracy.org/2010/01/07/introducing-project-einstein-haiti/

Food security in Haiti needs more than a band-aid approach …
By projectmedishare
As Haiti began recovering from the damage of three consecutive three
hurricanes, the small Caribbean country found itself in the midst of food
riots in Port-au-Prince, Les Cayes, and elsewhere as a result of rapid food
cost inflation in …
projectmedishare.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/food-security-in-haiti-needs-more-than-a-band-aid-approach/

Haiti
By Marc
We woke up this morning to a leisurely breakfast of fresh fruit and
pancakes. People flying out today had already packed themselves and their
oversized luggage in a too-small SUV for the curvy ride through the
mountains back to …
www.yachana.org/reports/haiti/2010/01/leaving-jacmel.html

UN rep: Haiti’s future depends on smooth elections – Yahoo! News
Haiti’s democratic and economic development hinge on a pair of legislative
and presidential elections planned for this year, the top UN representative
to …
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100108/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_un_elections

Haiti receives $39 million from Spain and IDB to improve water and… The Inter-American Development Bank and the Government of Spain will
provide a total of $39 million in grants and loans to Haiti in the first
stage of an …
www.iadb.org/nEWS/detail.cfm?lang=en&id=5779&artid=5779

Child slavery in Haiti no surprise – thestar.com
The reality of child slavery in Haiti cannot be separated from the economic
and political priorities favoured by local elites, global institutions like
the …
www.thestar.com/comment/article/744359

7 January, 2010

Protest, and a Hunger Strike, Over Haitian Immigrant Deported 24 Years Later
New York Magazine
Photo: AP In 1989, three years after arriving in the US from Haiti, Jean
Montrevil was arrested. He was 19. Convicted of selling cocaine, he served
ten …
www.nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/01/protests_and_a_hunger_strike_o.html?imw=Y&f=most-emailed-24h5

Haitian Women Artisan Exhibit showcases in South Florida
South Florida Caribbean News
MIAMI GARDENS – Archbishop Curley Notre Dame Art Gallery and St. Thomas
University present the Haitian Women Artisan Exhibit, consisting of artwork
from …
sflcn.com/story.php?id=7701

New USAID Mission Director For Haiti Sworn In
PR Newswire (press release)
… The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today the
swearing in of Dr. Carleene Dei as its new mission director for Haiti. …
www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-usaid-mission-director-for-haiti-sworn-in-80805162.html

Dominican Republic repatriates 1500 undocumented Haitians: official
Xinhua
Haiti is the poorest country in Latin America, sharing the island of
Hispaniola along with the Dominican Republic. Haiti has been plagued by a
social and …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/07/content_12769890.htm

Party of the decade at BAMcafé
Caribbean Life
Charanga Soleil performed a 90-minute set that swept the audience across a
musical map that included Cuba, Congo, Venezuela, Colombia, Cameroon, and
Haiti …
www.caribbeanlifenews.com/articles/2010/01/06/entertainment/music_and_fashion/doc4b454ec0253c2309636961.txt

Haiti: Upcoming Elections to be a Set Back to Haiti’s Democratic …
By Wadner Pierre
The U.S. Representative, Californian Congresswoman, a long-time supporter
of democracy in Haiti Maxine Waters, qualified the Haiti’s upcoming
election to be a set back for Haiti’s democratic development if these
elections will not be …
www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/wadner_pierre/3098

Haiti
By Marc
Today was the last full day of our delegation in Haiti, and our second day
in Jacmel on the southern coast. This is a very beautiful area of Haiti,
and I now understand why Haiti was once called the jewel of the Antilles
and why it used …
www.yachana.org/reports/haiti/2010/01/waterfalls.html

Haiti Needs Another Duvalier Type President
Haiti Needs Another Duvalier Type President, alle calm down a minute what
president rafael trujillo did to haitians during his presidency is
unforgivable what haitians are enduring in the.
www.prevalhaiti.com/messages.php/18016

The Avatar Movie From A Haitian Perspective
The Avatar Movie From A Haitian Perspective, this is a very nice article I
went and watched the movie the first day it came out a lot of what you are
saying came to my mind while watching.
www.belfim.com/board.php/33575

6 January, 2010

Xinhua
5 (Xinhua) — The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)
is helping the impoverished Caribbean country prepare for upcoming
legislative …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/06/content_12762024.htm

Haiti Begins Participation in the IMF’s General Data Dissemination System
South Florida Caribbean News
WASHINGTON, DC – Haiti began participating in the International Monetary
Fund’s (IMF’s) General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) on December 28,
2009, …
www.sflcn.com/story.php?id=7694

SoHo Detention Rally Ends In 10 Arrests
NY1
Ten people were arrested in Manhattan Tuesday while protesting the
detention of a Haitian man facing deportation decades after a drug
conviction. …
ny1.com/5-manhattan-news-content/top_stories/111547/soho-detention-rally-ends-in-10-arrests

Sacred Avatar “Hometree” is the Mapou Tree in Haitian Vodun
OpEdNews
On December 6, 1492 Columbus landed on the large island of Haiti, which
according to Bartholomé de las Casas’ account was, “perhaps the most
densely …
www.opednews.com/articles/Sacred-Avatar-Hometree-i-by-Chantal-Laurent-100104-528.html

The Reconstruction of Pont Limite – An Example of Coordination in Haiti
ReliefWeb (press release)
The Transport and Territorial Development Project (PTDT), which is being
financed by a World Bank grant to the Government of Haiti, has been working
since …
www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-7ZEQR6?OpenDocument

Pulpits vs. pews on illegal immigrants
Palm Beach Post
18, 2009 photo shows Juan Rodriguez, 20 (center) along with other Florida
teens walking from the Miami Dade downtown campus to a church in the Little
Haiti …
www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/columnists/pulpits-vs-pews-on-illegal-immigrants-162375.html

Haiti, Dominican Rep. combine efforts to eradicate malaria …
By AidNews
The only place in the Caribbean where malaria still exists is on the island
of Hispaniola, which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Producer Gary Strieker reports on the new cooperative effort between the
two countries and …
humanitariannews.org/20100105/haiti-dominican-rep-combine-efforts-eradicate-malaria

Haiti
By Marc
As we are leaving the beach after lunch, a UN troop transport truck shows
up with soldiers who proceed to strip down to their swimming trunks and
jump in the water. A standard joke here in Haiti is that the UN
‘peacekeeping’ forces are …
www.yachana.org/reports/haiti/2010/01/jacmel.html

Plant With Purpose: Fast Facts: Haiti
By Plant With Purpose
Forests: In 1925, Haiti was lush, with 60% of its original forest covering
the lands and mountainous regions. Since then, the population has cut down
all but an estimated 2% of its original forest cover, and in the process
has destroyed …
plantwithpurpose.blogspot.com/2010/01/fast-facts-haiti.html
Plant With Purpose

Haiti: UN helps in preparations for legislative elections
5 January 2010 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti
(MINUSTAH) is helping the impoverished Caribbean country prepare for
upcoming legislative …
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33409&Cr=haiti&Cr1=

UN honors Filipinos keeping peace in Haiti – INQUIRER.net …
THE United Nations has honored the 157 Filipinos serving with the UN
Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah) for their services in
keeping the …
newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100103-245222/UN-honors-Filipinos-keeping—peace-in-Haiti

Press Release: Haiti Begins Participation in the IMF’s General …
Haiti began participating in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s)
General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) on December 28, 2009, marking a
major step …
www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr1001.htm

5 January, 2010

The Avatar Movie from a Black perspective
OpEdNews
foreign psychology irrelevant to Haitian survival, things in Haiti for the
vast majority, as Chinua Achebe, would put it: began to “fall apart. …
www.opednews.com/articles/The-Avatar-Movie-from-a-Bl-by-Ezili-Danto-100104-843.html

Global Voices Online Haiti: New Year & Independence
By Fabienne Flessel
In Haiti, January 1st 2010 was the date of the double celebration of both
New Year’s day and the 206th anniversary of the National Independence.
Haiti Connexion Network posts a cheerful slideshow entitled “Bonne Fête
Haïti Chérie”, …
globalvoicesonline.org/2010/01/04/haiti-new-year-independence/

Haiti
By Marc
We left Port-au-Prince at 7pm for the almost 3-hr trip to Jacmel on the
southern coast of Haiti. The country suffers from frequent electrical
shortages, and the city was very dark as we left. Informal vendors lined
the streets with …
www.yachana.org/reports/haiti/2010/01/haiti-by-nite.html