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Charges Finally Dropped Against Fr. Gerard Jean-Juste
World  (tags: haiti, human rights )


- 73 days ago - haitianalysis.com
Jean-Juste and Jean Bertrand Aristide, formed part of the Ti Legliz (little church) movement...opposing the dictatorship of Jean Claude Duvalier. However the upper echelons of the Church have frequently collaborated with dictatorships in Haiti.
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Country Profile: Haiti
World  (tags: Haiti, Poverty, Corruption, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
- 135 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Haiti promised much as the world's first black-led republic and the first Caribbean state to achieve independence. But decades of poverty, environmental degradation, violence, instability and dictatorship have left it as the poorest nation... (BBC)
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Haitian Prime Minister Ousted Over High Food Prices
World  (tags: Haiti, prime minister, Jacques Edouard Alexis, rice, hunger, food shortages, world hunger, crisis )

Kactus
- 144 days ago - cnn.com
Parliament votes to dismiss Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis. Action comes after days of rioting over high food prices. Haitian president announces deal to reduce cost of rice. Calm returning, more political changes needed.
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Starving Haitians Riot as Food Prices Soar
World  (tags: Haiti, starvation, riots, UN "peacekeepers" )


- 146 days ago - independent.co.uk
Demanding the resignation of President Rene Preval, the protesters attempted to break through the palace gates before being driven back by a contingent of Brazilian United Nations peacekeepers who used tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Tons Of Food Aid Rotting In Haiti Ports
World  (tags: haiti, food, Food Aid, hunger )

Amanda
- 180 days ago - charlotte.com
While millions of Haitians go hungry, containers full of food are stacking up in the nation's ports because of government red tape - leaving tons of beans, rice and other staples to rot under a sweltering sun or be devoured by vermin.
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