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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Caribbean Herald.com http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/ en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:52:38 -0500 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:52:38 -0500 30 A United Nations-backed census has been launched in the Dominican Republic to improve to the lives of hundreds of refugees and asylum-seekers. http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203314865/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:16:46 -0500 U.N. - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203314865/cs/1/ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A small band of protesters in Haiti has called on President Michel Martelly to prove he's eligible for office.The about 100 people in Tuesday's ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203316275/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:20:10 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203316275/ Santo Domingo, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) A network of drug traffickers who sent drugs to Puerto Rico, was dismantled in the east of the Dominican Republic. The National Drug Control Office (DNCD) ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203317077/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:09 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203317077/ February 7, 2012 The cholera outbreak in Haiti is currently the worst ongoing episode in the world. Over the past 15 months, it has sickened more than half a million people and killed roughly ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203316690/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:03:29 -0500 NPR http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203316690/ Guerlens Louis, a 1-year-old boy from Haiti, is scheduled to undergo surgery Wednesday afternoon. The Jorge Posada Foundation is helping to cover his medical ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203317997/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:04:04 -0500 General Sources http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203317997/ Economic and Political Power of Oil Industry Succeeds in Weakening Deep Water Drilling Regulations Interview with Antonia Juhasz, author of "Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309804/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:40 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309804/ Weekly News Update on the Americas Issue #1080, May 15, 2011 1. Haiti: Aid Falls Short, and the Homeless Face Evictions 2. Haiti: New President Inaugurated in the Dark 3. Honduras: Violence ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309801/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:40 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309801/ 2010 State Department Human Rights Report on Haiti - by Stephen Lendman Haiti's human rights history is long and abusive, alleviated only during Jean-Bertrand Aristide's tenure. Besides ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309803/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:39 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309803/ © 2000–2012 San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309805/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:38 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309805/ Friday, March 18, 7:30 PM The Women of Haiti Director and founder of SOPUDEP (Society of Providence United for the Economic Development of ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309807/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:37 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309807/ In 2004, the U.S. government engineered a coup d'etat against the elected president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Currently foreign troops occupy Haiti, denying the Haitian people their ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309806/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:36 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309806/ Obstructing and Delaying Aristide's Return - by Stephen Lendman He's lived in exile since US marines forcefully ousted him at gunpoint on February 29, 2004. Efforts to help him return ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309810/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:35 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309810/ Haiti watchers in the US repeatedly hear several questions from North Americans new to the island nation's history: why is Washington obsessed with containing any legitimate pro-democracy ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309808/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:34 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309808/ Understanding Haiti: The Ongoing Earthquake Crisis and the Legacy of Slavery and Exploitation by Professor Robert Fatton, Jr. Friday, March 11, 2011 Room 607 Reception begins at 6:30 PM Robert ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309812/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:32 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309812/ Join Haiti Action Committee at this critical moment to support the demands of the Haitian people for the return of President Aristide, annulment of the November 28th sham elections, prosecution of ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309811/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:32 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309811/ Duvalier in the Dock - by Stephen Lendman Don't bet on it, or at most expect prosecutorial pretense, theater, with Baby Doc Duvalier free to return to his luxury French villa, though perhaps ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309815/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:27 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309815/ Our first meeting of 2011 will focus on what the impoverished island nation of Haiti is going through, with the very knowledgeable and experienced Seth Donnelly of the Haiti Action Committee ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309819/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:25 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309819/ Haiti's Path to Earthquake Recovery Requires More Justice and Aid Interview with Sherman Malone, cofounder of Haiti Marycare, conducted by Melinda Tuhus Jan. 12 marked the first anniversary of ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309817/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:25 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309817/ More on Haiti's Raging Cholera, Electoral Fraud and Deportations - by Stephen Lendman Haitians remains plagued by a perfect storm combination of earthquake devastation, crushing poverty, raging ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309818/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:24 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309818/ More Fraud, Intimidation, and Illegitimacy Assured in Haiti's Electoral Runoff - by Stephen Lendman On November 28, Haiti's first round legislative and presidential elections were so ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309823/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:22 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309823/ Haitians Protest Sham Elections - by Stephen Lendman Washington's imperial boot flaunts Lavalas' slogan: "All people are people (Tout moun se moun)." The sham elections are one ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309822/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:21 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309822/ The New York Times Endorses Haiti's Coup d' Etat "Elections" - by Stephen Lendman Two previous articles explained the sham, outrageous enough to make a despot blush, accessed ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309821/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:20 -0500 Indymedia http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203309821/ The Caribbean often provides families with their first taste of the tropics, within the safe confines of resorts that offer all the requisite comforts (kids' clubs, watersports, a variety of ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203307988/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:07:27 -0500 The Independent http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203307988/ WINDSOR, Ont. -- A mother and son who fled violence in Haiti are hopeful their children's clothing store on Ottawa Street will be part of their long-term future in Windsor.Business is slow and ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203301671/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:13:03 -0500 Windsor Star http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203301671/ CARACAS, February 7 (Itar-Tass) - Twenty-nine people were arrested in a large-scale anti-drug operation in the Dominican Republic on Monday, and 17 of them are referred to as "Russians," ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203296665/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:42:27 -0500 Itar Tass http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203296665/ CARACAS, Venezuela--An eight-nation bloc of Latin American and Caribbean countries agreed on Sunday to deposit 1 percent of their international reserves into a jointly administered development bank ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203296667/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:17 -0500 The China Post http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203296667/ Haitian bride-to-be Yvania isn’t following the adage to wear something old to her wedding. Instead, she’ll walk down the aisle in a new gown thanks to some help from her friends.Yvania ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203297180/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:07:53 -0500 General Sources http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203297180/ Santo Domingo, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Community and Religious organizations asked the Navy to be more vigilant to stop the departure of illegal vessels, in order to prevent cases like the shipwreck ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203292335/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:54:22 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203292335/ SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Dominican officials were investigating the capsizing of an overloaded immigrant smuggling boat that killed 18 people and rescue teams were searching on Monday for 20 or ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203292332/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:25:05 -0500 The Star http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203292332/ Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 3:43 pm Press Release: UN News New York, Feb 2 2012 6:10PMThe United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti (MINUSTAH) welcomed today the ratification by the Government ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203292811/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:12:11 -0500 General Sources http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203292811/ Havana, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Secretary of State and Executive Director of the Center for Export and Investment of the Dominican Republic Eddy Martinez expressed his interest in promoting trade, ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203287639/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:39:18 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203287639/ Like so many across the world, Mandeville resident Melissa Breedlove said her heart went out to the people of Haiti two years ago when a devastating earthquake struck the poverty-stricken ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203288210/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:50:28 -0500 General Sources http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203288210/ Orlando hotelier Harris Rosen stands in front of Little Haiti Houses, a one-room home built inside the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel off Universal Blvd. in Orlando. Rosen took the lead in collecting ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203288209/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:50:25 -0500 General Sources http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203288209/ Mexico City - The Mexican Navy rescued six Cuban migrants who were adrift in the Caribbean off Isla Mujeres, near the resort city of Cancun, the Navy Ministry said ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203287117/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:34:35 -0500 M & C http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203287117/ Havana, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) The future joining of three countries of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) as full members proves the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203282392/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:44:16 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/id/203282392/