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» The OneWorld Haiti Country Guide
The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Haiti
Haitian farmers.
05/05/2008 Peasants' and other grassroots organizations are promoting change in Haiti, write two agricultural activists who paid a visit to the Caribbean island, where they found food scarcity, environmental damage, and general insecurity are widespread.
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From: Grassroots International
Image: Haitian farmers. © Grassroots International
Protesting in Haiti.
05/01/2008 The Haitian government and the international community contributed significantly to the dire situation that sparked the early April food riots in the Caribbean nation, writes anthropologist Mark Schuller.
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From: Americas Policy Program
Image: Protesting in Haiti. © North American Congress on Latin America
04/03/2008 The 35th anniversary celebration of a Haiti's largest and oldest peasant movement demonstrates the organization's ability to empower rural people and the vitality of grassroots democracy in this Caribbean nation, writes Nikhil Aziz.
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From: Grassroots International
At a nutrition rehabilitation center in Madagascar.
02/18/2008 Addressing infants' and maternal nutrition needs during a child's first two years of life is much more effective, in terms of promoting children's physical and cognitive development, than treating children who are already moderately malnourished, says a study from an international food research institute.
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From: International Food Policy Research Institute
Image: At a nutrition rehabilitation center in Madagascar. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
11/29/2007 Dr. Jean "Bill" Pape, founder of the first Haitian clinic to investigate the Caribbean AIDS epidemic, is seeing infection rates drop thanks to pro-condom campaigns, increased HIV-screening, and safer blood banks.
From: Heroes of HIV
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11/13/2007 Kehitysmaiden lapsille suunnattu tietokone löytää tiensä vielä tämän vuoden puolella myös Peruun, Meksikoon, Etiopiaan, Ruandaan, Haitiin ja Intiaan. Käyttöönoton lähestyessä alkuperäinen sadan dollarin kannettava on hinnaltaan jo lähes kaksinkertainen.
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From: Digital Opportunity Channel
Related: [Uruguay] [Peru] [Mexico] [India] [Education] [Intermediate Technology] [International Cooperation] [ICT]
The world pictured from outer space.
11/02/2007 As natural disasters ravish the Caribbean and Central Africa, the United Nations has announced the launch of a new office that will use space technology to reduce and prevent disasters around the world.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Congo] [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [Dominican Republic]
Image: The world pictured from outer space. © Michael Klare / MediaChannel
Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine
10/24/2007 Haitian and global activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine has not been seen since August. Ben Terral of Haiti Action contrasts the Haiti of the US and its proxy army with the real Haiti of Lovinsky, the Lavalas movement and the masses of Haitian people.
From: Pambazuka News
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Image: Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine
A child servant in Haiti.
10/12/2007 Roughly 10 percent of Haitian children live a life of forced slave labor because their families cannot afford to raise them. Listen as they explain in their own words the hardships they endure as they are sent away from their homes to serve under families in the city.
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From: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Image: A child servant in Haiti. © Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Slaves were led from dark holding areas to transport ships anchored just offshore.
08/24/2007 On August 23, 1791 the slaves of Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) began their historic revolt, sparking the gradual process that resulted in the international elimination of slavery and the slave trade.
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From: Human Rights Education Associates
Related: [Dominican Republic]
Image: Slaves were led from dark holding areas to transport ships anchored just offshore. © UNESCO
Haiti
05/14/2007 El primer mandatario haitiano agradeció igualmente la iniciativa de las naciones que conforman al Alba y en especial al Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías, por la propuesta de garantizar el suministro de 100% de las necesidades de energía a las naciones del Alba, y también a Haití.
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From: Groupe Medialternatif
Related: [Development] [International Cooperation]
Image: Haiti
05/07/2007 En días pasados hemos asistido a algunos actos de intimidación contra la ciudadana dominicana Sonia Pierre, ya sea destruyendo su fotografía de la exposición pública en el Parque Independencia, donde se la considera entre las 100 mujeres dominicanas representativas de nuestra sociedad
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From: Radio Internacional Feminista
Related: [Human Rights] [Civil Society]
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04/26/2007 El actual ministro haitiano de la Planificación y Cooperación externa, Jean Max Bellerive, lanzó, el jueves 12 de abril, la preparación del Documento de la estrategia nacional de crecimiento y reducción de la pobreza (DSNCRP, sigla en francés de Document de stratégie nationale pour la croissance et la réduction de la pauvreté).
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From: Groupe Medialternatif
Related: [Development] [Social Exclusion] [Governance]
Image: http://www.almendron.com
04/18/2007 Actos de intimidacion contra Sonia Pierre constituyen señales de una intolerancia y de una denegación de integración de la comunidad de ascendencia haitiana, expresan las organizaciones de defensa de derechos humanos a las conferencias episcopales catolicas romanas, haitiana y dominicana, reunidas en Puerto Principe del 15 al 17 de abril de 2007.
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From: Groupe Medialternatif
Related: [Dominican Republic] [Migration] [Social Exclusion] [Human Rights]
04/16/2007 Helicópteros rondan las favelas (villas miseria) durante toda la madrugada y un cerco militar alrededor de los barrios populares impide a los habitantes trasladarse, ir a trabajar, llevar a sus hijos a la escuela y hasta buscar agua.
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From: ADITAL, Agencia de Información Fray Tito para América Latina
Related: [Social Exclusion] [Human Rights] [Arms & Military]
Mujer en Cité Soleil, Haití
04/09/2007 Dos días antes de la Nochebuena, el 22 de diciembre a las tres de la madrugada, 400 soldados bajo el mando de oficiales brasileños asaltaron con blindados Cité Soleil, barrio de Puerto Príncipe, apoyados por helicópteros que disparaban sobre la atemorizada población que se refugiaba en sus precarias viviendas.
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From: International Relations Center
Related: [Human Rights] [Civil Rights] [Arms & Military]
Image: Mujer en Cité Soleil, Haití
03/30/2007 Läntisen pallonpuoliskon köyhimmästä maasta, Haitista, kantautuu kerrankin positiivisia uutisia. Maan turvallisuustilanne on kohentunut, mikä mahdollistaa myös poliittisen vakauden ja paremmat talousnäkymät, totesi Helsingissä vieraillut Haitin ja YK:n yhteishankkeen edustaja Mamadou M'Baye.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related: [Development]
03/22/2007 Brazil and Canada have helped launch a new vaccine program in Haiti, hoping to drastically improve the country's child survival rate. Haiti's vaccination coverage has been rising since 2002, but it still ranks behind most of its neighbors and much of sub-Saharan Africa.
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From: United Nations Children's Fund
03/19/2007 “Lo que estamos haciendo hoy, construyendo un mercado, es importante en sí, pero a mi me interesa mucho más como paso concreto y práctico hacia una nueva relación entre las dos naciones de esta isla de Quisqueya”, alegó el embajador de la Comisión Europea en nuestro país.
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From: Groupe Medialternatif
Related: [Dominican Republic] [Development] [International Cooperation] [Trade]
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03/01/2007 Por unanimidad el Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas tomó el 15 de febrero del 2007 la Resolución 1743, por la cual se prorroga hasta el 15 de octubre del 2007 el mandato de la Misión de las Naciones Unidas para la Estabilización en Haití (MINUSTAH).
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From: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información
Related: [Human Rights] [United Nations]
Image: www.bbc.com.uk
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