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  • 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 ...

  • RFK Center Releases Documents Outlining US Actions to Block Life-saving Funds to Haiti

    RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights and 2002 RFK Award recipient, Loune Viaud of Zamni Lasante, release U.S. Department of Treasury documents revealing that the U.S. and the Inter-American Development Bank deliberately obstructed $146 million in approved IDB financing. WASHINGTON - August 4 - The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights and Zamni Lasante released internal U.S. ...


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  • Dominican Republic’s biggest land fraud case goes to Supreme Court

    Santo Domingo.- The National District Prosecutor filed to appeal a ruling acquitting former Agrarian Institute (IAD) director Jaime Rodriguez Guzman, a brother and his wife of charges od defrauding the State out of thousands of hectares at Bahia de las Aguilas (southwest). Yeni Berenice Reynoso asked the Supreme Court to revoke the June 4 ruling by 1st First Instance Court presiding judge ...

  • Canadian troops expected to be deployed to Haiti for peacekeeping

    A Canadian soldier carries supplies as troops arrive at a temporary medical centre in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday January 16, 2010. A handful of Canadian troops are about to take part in peacekeeping operation in Haiti under the command of Brazilian forces, in a long-delayed mission that has been kept inexplicably low on the political radar. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian ...

  • Haitian girl receiving life changing surgery in Lake Worth

    WEST PALM BEACH, FL (WFLX) - A baby girl from Haiti is getting a new chance at survival in south Florida. Her rare birth defect will soon be treated by doctors in Palm Beach County. The pediatric ...

  • 10 children rescued from Haitian human smugglers

    Authorities in the Dominican Republic have rescued 10 children smuggled from Haiti, the Special Terrestrial Border Security Unit (Cesfront) said Wednesday.Cesfront officials said a Haitian citizen who had transported the children aged between 4 and 9 had managed to escape after noticing the presence of soldiers in the province of Dajabon bordering Haiti.According to the children's ...

  • Saving Baby Lillie Haitian girl in PBC

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A baby girl from Haiti is getting a new chance at survival in south Florida. Her rare birth defect will soon be treated by doctors in Palm Beach County. The pediatric surgeons received this heartbreaking case because of the dedication of a Lake Worth-based non-profit ...

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