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  • Haiti ban fallout reaches more sectors

    They haven't cared for like 200 years and countingSymbolically, when the earthquake of 2010 took out the National Palace wild cheers went up on the part of the underclasses in the still smoldering ashes of that terrible natural disaster. A very telling symbol or statement of the lack of State and Nation balancing.The "saving face" might be part of the problem, but in essence ...

  • Haiti ban spurs slaughter of 1.0M hens cut in egg production

    Santo Domingo.- Agriculture Minister Luis Ramon Rodriguez Wednesday announced an agreement with egg producers to cut production and adapt to local demand, for which the Haitian market will no longer be a priority. Rodriguez said one million laying hens no longer at peak output will be slaughtered, to balance supply to the demand much faster. Among the other measures announced by the official ...

  • Violent crime in Haiti kills over 1000

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, June 19 AFP - Violent crime in Haiti has claimed the lives of more than a thousand people over the past year, including foreigners and United Nations peacekeepers, a human rights group ...

  • Dominican officials look to dump poultry glut as Haiti ban holds

    Santo Domingo. - Dominican Republic is running around "like a chicken with its head cut off" in the heels of Haiti's ban on local poultry products that took effect for more than one week, as various sectors suggest ways to deal with the expected glut. Agriculture minister Luis Ramon Rodriguez, who met today with north region chicken and egg farmers, said the government could buy ...

  • Canada deploying 34 peacekeepers to serve with Brazilians in Haiti

    Canada is sending 34 troops to Haiti to serve as a peacekeepers with a Brazilian battalion, Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced Wednesday. MacKay announced the deployment in Ottawa alongside Calgary MP Diane Ablonczy and Gen. Tom Lawson, Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff. They will deploy from June 21 until December 2013, MacKay said. "Members of the Canadian Armed ...


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  • Canada joining Brazilian-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti

    A Canadian soldier carries supplies as troops arrive at a temporary medical centre in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in January 2010. A handful of Canadian troops are about to take part in peacekeeping operation in Haiti under the command of Brazilian forces. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ...

  • Medina clarifies Drastic measures to help farmers not against Haiti

    Santo Domingo. - The Presidency on Wednesday clarified that president Danilo Medina's pledge of drastic measures to deal with Port-au-Prince's ban on Dominican eggs and chickens aren't against Haiti, but to help poultry production instead. "At no time did the President say that drastic measures would be against anyone," said Presidency spokesman Robert Rodriguez, adding ...

  • Special Report AIDS in the Caribbean

    AIDS is sweeping the islands of the Caribbean. The disease is spreading at such an alarming rate, that it ranks second to sub-Saharan Africa in the percentage of adults infected. The spread of AIDS in the Caribbean raises questions about poverty, equality, politics and economics. As a whole, it represents a human disaster we cannot ...

  • Villa Clara Will Represent Cuba in Caribbean Baseball Series

    Havana, June 19 (PL) Cuban fans celebrate today the victory of Villa Clara in the national baseball championship,becoming the first team that will represent this island in the Caribbean series,after 43 years of absence. Of course, the biggest joy is appreciated in the central Cuban province that gives its name to the champion, known as the orange team. The team mentor, Ramon More, attributed ...

  • China and Cuba seek greater cooperation

    Xi Jinping said his country would like to work more closely with Cuba on international and regional issues. Xi told Cuba's visiting first vice president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, that China would like to forge a good partnership with Latin American and Caribbean nations, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. The Chinese leader called for stronger cooperation between China and Latin ...

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