“Haitians in Toronto have always rallied to help their country throughout its various adversities, whether it’s severe damage from hurricanes, mud slides, drought and who can forget the devastating 2010 earthquake?” Dr. Eric Pierre, honourary consul general for Haiti, told The Camera. His comments came in an interview Monday on the dire situation in Haiti […]
We have to learn to respect the right of the Haitian people to be in the driver’s seat in their country’s affairs. We are not entitled to speak of Haiti only in terms of disaster and hopelessness. And we are certainly not innocent of some of the blame for Haiti’s past, present and future suffering. […]
Haitian-born MP Emmanuel Dubourg will receive the African Canadian Achievement Award (ACAA) for Excellence in Politics on Feb. 20 at St. Jane Mallett Theatre. Dubourg will be joined by 13 high-achieving African Canadians at the ceremony inside the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. This is an addition to his numerous […]
When The Camera reached Dr. Eric Pierre, consul general of Haiti, with the news that his fellow countryman and iconoclastic writer Dany Laferriere is an Order of Canada honouree, he was overjoyed. A longtime admirer of Laferriere’s work, Pierre asked, “Do you know that Dany Laferriere was chosen to take seat No. 2 at the […]
In 2010, a secret “core group” of foreign dignitaries sought to force the president of Haiti out of office in a coup. They also engineered an intervention in Haiti’s presidential elections that year that ensured that the governing party’s candidate would not proceed to a runoff. These are the revelations being made by the Organization […]
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has welcomed a decision by the appeal court in Haiti to open new investigations into former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier for crimes against humanity. Amnesty International said the decision is a “major boost for the victims in their long quest for truth and justice”. “This much-needed […]
WASHINGTON D.C, United States, Friday February 7, 2014 (CMC) – US President Barack Obama says he is encouraged with the progress being made by Haiti in scheduling long overdue elections in the country. During a meeting with Haitian President Michel Martelly on Thursday, Obama noted Haiti’s progress since the devastation, including improvements in security and […]
