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Tag Archives: Haiti
Haiti judge: New charge for US missionary leader
This whole thing smelled bad from the start. I always felt there was more to the story than an honest attempt by this Baptist group to save these children. Ms. Laura Silsby is in for a rough time. And if … Continue reading
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Tagged American Missionaries, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Kidnapping, Laura Silsby, Port-Au-Prince
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Haiti frees US missionary; group leader still held
10 down, 1 to go. Only Laura Silsby, the leader of the pack, remains in Haiti. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By EVENS SANON, Associated Press Writer Evens Sanon, Associated Press Writer 16 mins ago PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – One … Continue reading
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Tagged Baptist Missionaries, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Laura Silsby, Port-Au-Prince
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US missionaries get another weekend in Haiti jail
The drama continues… TGO Refer to brief story below. Source: Associated Press Fri Mar 5, 11:28 pm ET PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Two U.S. missionaries are spending another weekend in a Haitian jail. A judge had said earlier he was likely to release the women … Continue reading
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Tagged Charisa Coulter, Haiti, Laura Silsby, Missionaries, Port-Au-Prince
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Billions for Haiti, a criticism for every dollar
Let’s not kid ourselves folks. We all realize the plight of the Haitian people and the hardships they’ve endured as a result of the earthquake on January 12th. But the bottom line is that Haiti has been a total disaster … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, American Red Cross, Canada, CARE, Coca-Cola, European Union, FEMA, France, Haiti, Homeless, Japan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Money, Port-Au-Prince, Saudi Arabia, Spain, UNICEF, United Kingdom, US AID
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Post-quake chaos, looting wound Chile’s pride
There are delinquent individuals in all corners of the world, and they seem to come out like rats from their nests whenever an opportunity arises. However, the political climate throughout Latin America, which always seems to have disproportionately rich leaders … Continue reading
Posted in General Discussion
Tagged Argentina, Chile, China, Concepcion, Earthquake, Haiti, Looting
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Toll in Haiti floods rises to 11: officials
Wow, the Haitian people can’t get a break! Can anyone imagine the devastation that a hurricane striking Haiti within the next several months would cause if rains alone are responsible for eleven deaths? Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press … Continue reading
Haiti wants refugees back in ravaged neighborhoods
The last month and a half or so since the earthquake has been horrific for the Haitian people, who for the most part were already living in misery. The next several months may be even worse, as the rainy season … Continue reading
Homeless Haitians: aid halted to force them out
If the United States or any other entity such as the United Nations doesn’t step in and take the lead in Haiti the situation will rapidly deteriorate to astronomical proportions; even worse than it currently is. The Haitian government does … Continue reading
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Tagged Earthquake, Haiti, Homeless, Hurricane, Port-Au-Prince, United Nations, United States
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Rain and mud pours over Haiti’s quake homeless
This is nothing; just wait until summer is here, when the tropical storms and hurricanes dominate the landscape… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By PAISLEY DODDS and JONATHAN M. KATZ, Associated Press Writers Paisley Dodds And Jonathan … Continue reading
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Tagged Dominican Republic, Haiti, Homeless, Hurricanes, Port-Au-Prince
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AP Interview: Haiti PM fears government collapse
Fear of government collapse; are you kidding? The government in Haiti has been collapsed for the last hundred years!!! Is this a new revelation? Jean-Max Bellerive, who do you think you’re kidding? Haiti’s “leaders” have been stealing from the Haitian … Continue reading
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Tagged France, Haiti, Jean-Max Bellerive, Port-Au-Prince, Rene Preval
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Missionaries freed by Haitian judge land in US
There’s something that’s still not “right” in my mind with this entire issue. For instance, why were two of the group’s members in Haiti to inquire about orphans prior to the earthquake? And what about that “shaky” dude from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jorge Puello, Miami, Missionaries, Orphans, Port-Au-Prince
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French leader’s Haiti visit revives bitter legacy
Hopefully the French will help Haiti and bring it into the 21st century. I’m just not sure that even if the entire country is rebuilt, it won’t be a slum again in less than a decade. TGO Refer to story … Continue reading
Doubts about adviser snag Americans in Haiti
The plot thickens… As I’ve stated in earlier posts, there was something screwy about this whole situation with the children from day one; something just didn’t quite make sense to me. In the end, it may turn out that the … Continue reading
Tension among Haiti’s religions grows after quake
Isn’t religion a wonderful thing. With all the religious people descending (no pun intended) on Haiti, everything that is wrong will be righted. Those who are living thank God (or whoever/whatever they worship) for not being one of the dead; … Continue reading
Posted in Religion
Tagged Allah, Christians, God, Haiti, Muslims, Port-Au-Prince, Religions, Scientology, VooDoo, Witch-Doctors
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Haiti gives conflicting counts for quake deaths
I’m not that smart, but let me try and put things in perspective, and I certainly do not intend to be unsympathetic or callous… What the f*ck difference does it make if 100,000 people died or if 300,000 people died … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Deaths, Earthquake, Haiti, Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue, Port-Au-Prince, Rene Preval, Titanyen
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In Haiti, Americans’ attorney says they had papers
If the Americans had the papers, where are they? Certainly they would have had to have the papers with them in order to take the children from Haiti to the Dominican Republic. And why would the group’s original lawyer try … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, Baptists, Child Kidnapping, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Port-Au-Prince
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Haitian women become crime targets after quake
The sentence that follows, taken from the article, says it all: “Rape was only made a criminal offense in Haiti in 2005.” I always knew that Haiti was a poverty-stricken country and attributed that to a combination of factors, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Earthquake, Haiti, Homeless Children, Port-Au-Prince
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10 Americans charged in Haiti with kidnapping
As I stated in my previous post on this yesterday, there is something more to this story than the “innocence” on the part of the Baptist group that has been portrayed all along. Something just doesn’t “smell” right to me. … Continue reading
Posted in Religion
Tagged Baptist Missionaries, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Hillary Clinton, Idaho, Kidnapping, Laura Silsby, Port-Au-Prince, Santo Domingo
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U.S. missionaries go before judge in Haiti child case
I certainly don’t believe that these individuals were ill-intended, although one has to admit that they aren’t the sharpest knives in the kitchen. Basically smuggling 33 children out of a country isn’t the smartest thing in the world to do, … Continue reading
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Tagged American Baptists, Americans, Children, CNN, Dominican Republic, Geneva, Haiti, Missionaries, Port-Au-Prince
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African Union to consider “land for Haitians” plan
This is an interesting proposition. Certainly there would be quite a number of Haitians (one would think) that would be receptive to relocating to Africa, considering the poverty and daily struggles of the typical Haitian. Of course, most African countries … Continue reading
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa, African Union, Haiti, Liberia, Senegal
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