Today, Haitian deputies proposed 61 year old economist Michele Pierre Louis as Prime Minister. She is the chief of FOKAL, Haiti's Educational and Cultural Foundation. Pierre Louis was born at Jeremie, Southern Haiti,...
Haitian leftist Fanmi Lavalas party is showing strength as a political force by celebrating its leader birthday. Although not present in Haiti, a former Roman Catholic priest Jean Bertrand Aristide continues to show now and then that he is still...
"As part of our commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works Music.Before going into the interview here is an excerpt from Empowerment Works that describes...
President Leonel Fernandez has been re-elected in the Dominican Republic as his main opponent concedes defeat."Miguel Vargas Maldonado conceded after early results confirmed exit poll predictions giving the president...
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Following a violent run-up to the election, the president of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez, has claimed victory and re-election for a third term in office."The campaign chief of Leonel Fernandez, the...
Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday 16 March 2008. Today, Colombian singer Juanes will be staging a concert for peace in Cucuta at the bridge which is on the common border shared by Colombia and...
The New York Times article features a terrific photo of this historic "embrace" - with promises never to attack a "brother country" again.–"By SIMON ROMERO and JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.Published: March 8, 2008–The leaders of four Latin American nations embroiled in a...
Caracas, Venezuela, 6 March, 2008. President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, arrived in Caracas last night. Her visit to Venezuela was planned a fornight ago but coincided with the unexpected...
Update: According to one source the death toll is now 40 with all but 3 of the dead being from the Dominican Republic.The death toll in the Caribbean from Tropical Storm Olga has risen to
38, The World Food...
The wreckage of a pirate ship abandoned by Captain Kidd in the 17th century has been found by divers in shallow waters off the Dominican Republic, a research team claims.
The underwater archaeology team, from Indiana University, says they have found the remains of Quedagh...
Just as hurricane season was winding down Tropical Storm Olga battered the northern coast of Puerto Rico today. "Subtropical Storm Olga blasted the northern coast of Puerto Rico early today, almost two weeks after...
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"Hopes are high here that Miss China -- Zhang Zi Lin, a 23-year-old secretary from Beijing --- will live up to her billing as a pre-contest favourite and take the crown in front of what is likely to be a partisan audience.Miss China's biggest threat could come from Ada Aimee...
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of people who volunteered to test an experimental AIDS vaccine that may have actually raised the risk of infection will be told if they got the actual shot, researchers said on Tuesday.
Merck & Co. Inc. and academic researchers said they...
This is the link to the national Hurricane center NHC"A powerful coastal storm, that
was once Hurricane Noel will bring gusty winds to the Middlle Atlantic
Coast and much harsher conditions to eastern Long Island,...