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Haiti In The News- Haiti PM resignation threatens reconstruction February 25, 2012Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille abruptly resigned his post Friday, giving the country a new political crisis that is likely to distract the government and further delay efforts to rebuild from the devastating January 2010 earthquake.
- Haiti PM abruptly resigns after short tenure February 24, 2012Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille abruptly resigned Friday after less than five months on the job in a political setback for President Michel Martelly, whose struggle to fill the top government post has hampered earthquake reconstruction and other development efforts.
- Haiti's prime minister resigns after four months February 25, 2012PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille resigned on Friday after just four months in office, plunging the country into political paralysis in the midst of rebuilding efforts two years after a devastating earthquake. Conille submitted his resignation in a letter to President Michel Martelly, according to a statement by the president […]
- Haiti's prime minister resigns February 24, 2012Haiti's Prime Minister Garry Conille resigns after less than five months in office, following weeks of political infighting.
- Haiti in renewed political turmoil as premier resigns February 24, 2012Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille offered his resignation Friday to President Michel Martelly after just four months in office, amid tension between the premier and government ministers.
- Haiti prime minister abruptly resigns post February 24, 2012Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille abruptly resigned Friday after less than five months on the job in a political setback for President Michel Martelly, whose struggle to fill the top government post has hampered earthquake reconstruction and other development efforts.
- Haiti Aid Group Warns of Cholera Surge February 24, 2012Haiti aid group warns of cholera surge on eve of rainy season
- Haiti Closer to Bringing Long-Term Democratic Governance to Its People February 22, 2012PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Haiti's Minister of the Interior, Thierry Mayard-Paul, speaking at Florida International University (FIU), stated that for the first time – perhaps ...
- Haiti PM's sudden resignation threatens earthquake reconstruction February 25, 2012Foreign bodies reluctant to release funds to unstable government
- Haiti Police: 1 Dead, 120 Injured in Carnival Fete February 23, 2012Haiti police: 1 dead, 120 injured after street fighting during Carnival celebration
- Haiti PM resignation threatens reconstruction February 25, 2012
- BBC Caribbean News
- BBC Caribbean's last day on airBBC Caribbean's final week of broadcasting at the end of an era which started with World War Two programming.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- BBC Caribbean News in Brief Baby Doc hospitalised, operations at TCI airport expected to resume after sickout - and more.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- BBC Caribbean in picturesIn pictures: A lookback at the years of BBC Caribbean and West Indian broadcasting to the Caribbean region.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- West Indies crush woeful Bangladesh West Indies crush woeful Bangladeshhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- In pictures: It's J'ouvertOur Carnival picture gallery begins with Monday's fun J'ouvert as Dominicans take to the streets.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- BBC Caribbean's last day on air
- NPR World News
- Hezbollah Suspect May Face U.S. Military Commission February 24, 2012To date, U.S. military tribunals have been reserved for al-Qaida and Taliban suspects. But now the Obama administration is seeking to try a Lebanese man accused of orchestrating the killings of five American soldiers in Iraq.
- 'Friends Of Syria' Group Calls For Ceasefire February 24, 2012Representatives from some 70 countries met in Tunis on Friday and issued an ultimatum to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, demanding an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian access to cities like Homs that have been under bombardment by the Syrian army. Audie Cornish talks to Michele Kelemen about the news.
- U.S. General Calms Troops After Afghanistan Deaths February 24, 2012The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan cautioned that now is not the time to seek revenge for the death of two Americans who were gunned down by an Afghan soldier during a protest over the burning of Qurans. Meanwhile, at least seven people were killed in fresh violence.
- Doctors: Dutch Prince May Not Regain Consciousness February 24, 2012Johan Friso, the second son of the Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, was struck by an avalanche last week while skiing off-trail in Austria. Doctors say he suffered massive brain damage.
- U.S., Other 'Friends Of Syria,' To Call On Syria's Assad To Step Aside February 24, 2012The diplomatic pressure comes as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad continue to pound the city of Homs and surrounding areas.
- Hezbollah Suspect May Face U.S. Military Commission February 24, 2012
- The Economist: The Americas Section
- Mexico’s presidential election: Diaspora apathy February 23, 2012THE 12m or so Mexicans who live in the United States are equal to a tenth of Mexico’s population, and the remittances they send home make up over 2% of the economy. But when it comes to politics, they are far less influential. At the latest presidential election in 2006, they had the right to vote for the first time, but only 57,000 applied to do so.This yea […]
- Argentina’s inflation problem: The price of cooking the books February 23, 2012HISTORY has left Argentines with more than their share of economic trauma. Having twice suffered destructive bouts of hyperinflation in the late 1980s, they are sensitive to rising prices. When they spot inflation their instinct is to dump the peso and buy dollars. But after the economy collapsed in 2001-02, horror at mass unemployment temporarily eclipsed t […]
- Hugo Chávez: The Venezuelan patient February 23, 2012Chávez puts a brave face on bad news LITTLE more than seven months before he is due to face a presidential election, Hugo Chávez is to undergo a third operation for the cancer that was diagnosed last June. Following a swirl of rumours over carnival weekend, Venezuela’s president himself confirmed on February 21st that a “small lesion” had been detected durin […]
- Venezuela’s oil industry: Spilling over February 16, 2012No diving ON FEBRUARY 4th Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s president, held festivities to celebrate the anniversary of a failed coup attempt he led in 1992. He had busloads of public workers brought into Caracas for the occasion. Among them were high-ranking employees of PDVSA, the state oil company.That same day, a pipeline carrying pressurised oil fractured in the […]
- Jails in Honduras: An avoidable tragedy February 16, 2012LIVING in the country with the world’s highest murder rate, Hondurans have grown grimly accustomed to untimely deaths. Yet even they must have been shocked to have woken on the morning of February 15th to reports of a further cruel consequence of the country’s gang- and drug-fuelled crime wave: a prison fire that claimed at least 350 lives. The blaze, at a j […]
- Mexico’s presidential election: Diaspora apathy February 23, 2012
- Miami Herald
- Martelly promises to act quickly after Haiti PM resigns February 25, 2012President Michel Martelly promises to institute reforms as the international community expresses regret and concerns over Friday’s resignation of Prime Minister Garry Conille.
- Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille resigns after months in office February 24, 2012Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, facing days of political pressure from the president, sent a resignation letter to President Michel Martelly.
- Haiti aid group warns of cholera surge February 24, 2012A Haiti aid group warns on the eve of the rainy season that the Caribbean nation will likely see a surge in cholera cases.
- Haiti police: 1 dead, 120 injured in Carnival fete February 23, 2012A police spokesman in Haiti says one person has been killed and 120 others revelers have been injured in accidents and in street clashes during Carnival festivities.
- Foreign community scrambling to stave off Haiti crisis February 21, 2012Hoping to stave off a political crisis in Haiti, the country’s leaders and foreign diplomats have been working to get the country’s executive and legislative branches to resolve their differences.
- Judge delays decision on cutting Haitian drug lord’s prison sentence February 21, 2012A federal judge delayed cutting a Haitian cocaine kingpin’s 27-year sentence by as much as half, saying he wanted more answers about the convict’s Port-au-Prince mansion and art collection — including a Monet painting.
- On eve of carnival, political crisis looms in Haiti February 18, 2012As Haitians prepare to celebrate pre-Lenten carnival, a looming political crisis is raising concerns among the country’s foreign friends.
- Haiti govt says president attacked while walking February 17, 2012Haitian President Michel Martelly was attacked as he walked in a Carnival procession in downtown Port-au-Prince, but he escaped unharmed, the National Palace said Friday.
- Media groups condemn raid against journalists in Trinidad February 16, 2012Leading media advocacy groups in the U.S. and Europe condemn recent threats to press freedom in oil-rich Trinidad and Tobago.
- UN says Haiti police force best body for security February 16, 2012Haiti's national police force is the best body for providing security in this poor nation and the government should concentrate on building up the force, a senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday.
- Martelly promises to act quickly after Haiti PM resigns February 25, 2012
- AP World News
- Clinton rips Russia, China for U.N. veto on Syria February 25, 2012TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton blasted Russia and China as "despicable" for opposing U.N. action aimed at stopping the bloodshed in Syria, and more than 60 nations began planning a civilian peacekeeping mission to deploy after the Damascus regime halts its crackdown on the opposition....By MATTHEW LEE and PAUL SCHEMM
- Chavez flies to Cuba for urgent tumor removal February 25, 2012CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez bid an emotional farewell laced with references to Jesus Christ and independence hero Simon Bolivar as he departed Venezuela on Friday for Cuba for urgent surgery to remove a tumor he says is probably malignant....By FABIOLA SANCHEZ and VIVIAN SEQUERA
- Argentines discover 51st victim in train wreck February 25, 2012BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- The discovery of a 51st victim Friday two days after Argentina's deadliest train wreck in decades left the man's family devastated and prompted rock-throwing and other violence by protesters holding vigil at the scene....By DEBORA REY
- 65 percent of Yemeni voters pick a new president February 25, 2012SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemen's election commission said Friday that 65 percent of registered voters in the country cast their ballot for Vice President Abed Rabo Mansour Hadi in this week's single-candidate presidential election aimed at bringing an end to months of political turmoil....By AHMED AL-HAJ
- Haiti PM resignation threatens reconstruction February 25, 2012PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille abruptly resigned his post Friday, giving the country a new political crisis that is likely to distract the government and further delay efforts to rebuild from the devastating January 2010 earthquake....By TRENTON DANIEL
- Clinton rips Russia, China for U.N. veto on Syria February 25, 2012
Love to see the Haitian children having a good time on the playground!
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