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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – One person was shot dead and another was wounded by a machete blow to the head Friday during post-election protests that have erupted throughout Haiti since the release of results from the October 25, 2015 elections. Protesters had been facing repression by police who have broken up the non-violent demonstrations with excess
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) – The denial by the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General, Sandra Honoré, of her organizations role in a massive electoral fraud operation has the chief again undressed, this time by a group of renowned university professors, artist, workers and community leaders. In an open letter,
More than 50,000 were in the streets for a protest against election results they deem fraudulent. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) – Sitting Senator Steven Benoit was taken to the hospital after police opened fire on a protest against election fraud that had, beforehand, been proceeding non-violently. Injuries sustained by sitting Senator
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) – Five years after the earthquake of 2010, the right to assemble peacefully, guaranteed in Haiti’s constitution, is no longer upheld. The repression by the Martelly regime caused Monday night a gas attack that left students at their school in a swoon and others injured in an ensuing stampede. At the N
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) – Partisans of Parti Haitien Tet Kale (PHTK) held a protest on Monday to counter those of opponents calling election results fraudulent. Strikingly, the protest that snaked through the streets of Petion-Ville had trouble maintaining over 80 people. Des partisans de @PHTKhaiti manifestent à Pétionville, moin
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) – The electoral council denied requests by eight presidential candidates to have an independent commission review the electoral process and results of the October 25, 2015 elections. In a letter only signed by the President of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), Pierre Louis Opont, the council said the
FULL TIME | Jamaica 1 Haiti 0 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) – The visiting Jamaica defeated Haiti 1-0 in the second day of Group B’s CONCACAF World Cup Russia 2018 Qualifiers on Tuesday. The Reggae Boyz won with a header scored by striker, Clayton Donaldson, 64 minutes into the game. Donaldson appeared to be off sides which plante
Fatima Genise Altieri Durand is a 22-year-old model born, raised and residing in Port-au-Prince Haiti. Here she is discussing what it’s like to be a fashion model in Haiti. Photo Credit: Fotokazyon Kreyolicious: How did you get interested in modeling? Five years ago, I met Steve Azor. He did the first Runway Haiti [a fashion event]. When he saw me,
Eight authors of Haitian descent will be participating at the Miami International Book Fair, taking place from November 20-22 at several venues in Miami. They include Angie Bell, Fabienne Josaphat, Dimitry Elias Leger, Edwidge Danticat, Carl Jean-Juste, Katia Ulysse, Michele Jessica (MJ) Fievre, Rebecca Carmant. Bell, Fievre, Carmant—along with spo
Warm photo of President Michel Martelly (L) and Sandra Honore (C), UN Special Representative of the Secretary General in Haiti at a party at the National Palace, a week after the fall of the Haitian Parliament. January 19, 2015. [Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images] MIAMI, USA (sentinel.ht) – A Haitian-American and Diaspora organization released a note