WHAT ARE THE FOUR MAIN INDUSTRIES OF HAITI?
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Blessed are the meek... (Matthew 5:5)
"Lord disturb my comfort that I might comfort the disturbed."
- Haitian proverb
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NAME THE MAN WHO WAS CALLED “WOULO KONPRESE’AKA THE STEAMROLLER.
HE BECAME HAITI’S PRESIDENT FOR ONLY 19 DAYS.
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Haitian Quake Survivor Helps Others To Get In Their Feet, Literally
More than two years after the deadly earthquake in Haiti, the long road to recovery continues for those who are injured. CBS News correspondent Whit Johnson has this example of one victim now making a difference in that island nation.
Her right leg broken and her left mangled beyond repair. Three days after the earthquake Shelove Julmiste was told it would have to be amputated.
“She was crying all day and night,” a translator said, speaking for Julmiste. “She was afraid she wouldn’t walk anymore.”
Today she’s not only walking, but Shelove is helping run the country’s first organized rehabilitation program and showing other disabled Haitians how to get back on their feet.
Haiti AG To Appeal Judge’s Decision To Not Trial Duvalier for Crimes Against Humanity
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The appeals process for parties involved in the high-profile case against former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier has begun, Haiti’s attorney general said Monday.
The appeals process comes after a judge recommended that the former strongman knows as “Baby Doc” be tried for alleged financial crimes in a lesser court, and not for the human rights abuses associated with his brutal regime in the 1970s and 1980s.
The judge’s ruling was met with an outcry from human rights groups and the United Nations, which has a peacekeeping mission in Haiti. Activists plan a sit-in in front of the Justice Ministry on Tuesday, which marks the 26th anniversary of the popular uprising that ousted Duvalier.
Both sides in the case are expected to appeal the magistrate’s recommendation; opponents because they want Duvalier tried in a higher court and the defense because they feel he shouldn’t be tried at all.
BLESSED CONTEST TUESDAYS
BLESSED CONTEST TUESDAYS
QUESTION:
“General Jean Jacques Dessalines led a decisive and final battle against
the French for Haitian independence , name that Battle”.
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spun, ‘Blessed’ t-shirt.
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Decision to Drop Duvalier’s Charges of Crimes Against Humanity Provokes Clamors of Injustice
NEW YORK, Tuesday, January 31, 2012—A Haitian court’s decision to drop charges of crimes against humanity against former president Jean-Claude Duvalier is a blow to the victims of his brutal dictatorship and sends a disturbing signal that the country cannot fulfill its basic legal obligations, the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) said today.
“Haiti has a responsibility under both its own criminal code and international law to investigate all allegations of grave human rights abuses and bring their perpetrators to justice,” said Paul Seils, vice president of ICTJ.
The court confirmed Duvalier will face charges relating to corruption and embezzlement that took place during his 15 year presidency, but has thrown out allegations he is also guilty of crimes against humanity—including torture, disappearances, and extrajudicial killings.
Carnival 2012
Carnival 2012
BLESSED CONTEST TUESDAY
Question:
Did you know that there was a Haitian family rescued from the ill-fated
ship the Titanic?
Name the family, and receive a limited edition ‘Blessed’ t-shirt for the
correct answer.
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The Blessed Team.
Duvalier Is going To Trial For Corruption
A 20-page ruling on the charges was delivered to the government prosecutor’s office on Monday, Carves Jean, the judge responsible for investigating the case, told Reuters.
It does not include charges for the murders, disappearances, torture and other rights abuses allegedly committed during Duvalier’s rule, Jean said.
“I did not find enough legal grounds to keep human rights charges and crimes against humanity against him,” he said. “Now my job is over. The case is no longer in my hands.”
Actually, Money Donated To Haiti Has Had An Undesired Effect
The first thing that strikes you is the smell: a sweet, sickly stench that sticks to your skin. It is worst in the morning, since women are terrified of risking a nocturnal trip to the handful of lavatories serving the thousands of people in the camp because of an epidemic of rape. Even the youngest girls are in danger.
I stop to chat to a young man in a green polo shirt. Ricardo Jenty says we must take care because three gunmen have just walked by on their way to settle a feud. He fears trouble; already he has seen friends shot dead.
Ricardo, 25, a father of three young children, recounts how the earthquake that hit Haiti two years ago ruined his home and wrecked his life. His makeshift tent is one of thousands crammed onto what was once a football pitch.
Ricardo lifts the faded sheet that serves as his front door. His three-week-old baby lies asleep on the single bed that fills the family’s home, while his two-year old son screams at the back entrance.
The heat under the plastic roof is so intense his wife Roseline, 27, drips with sweat as she describes living in such hell. She looks exhausted. If she is lucky, she says, she has one meal a day, but often goes two days without food, putting salt in water to keep her going.
