Essential The Official Contemporary Haitian Geopolitics/Event thread

[BigMan]

Jovenel Moise wants a representation of the diaspora (who represents 2 to 3 millions peoples) at the National assembly . What y'all think about that ?

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Caribbean nations need to utilize the diaspora more

 

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President-Elect Money-Laundering Case Comes to a Head, Inauguration Eve

sentinel.ht) – Judge Bredy Fabien, after three weeks, has ended the money-laundering investigation into President-elect Jovenel Moïse and has forwarded his ordinance to Government Commissioner Jean Danton Leger for follow up. On Monday, Commissioner Leger is expected to hold a “press conference” to inform the public of his decision in the high-interest case.



Preparations for Tuesday’s inauguration have continued throughout the investigation and into Monday. General consensus is the expectation of no surprises, but this is moreso due to the spectacular and impromptu appearance of the president-elect at the judge’s offices followed by a press declaration where Mr. Moïse declared the case unfounded and himself, not guilty. Critics believe the judge should have recused himself following the incident, characterized by critics as intimidation of a judge.

The Central Financial Intelligence Unit (UCREF) forwarded the findings of an investigation, which began April 2013, into Jovenel Moïse that found $5.5 million in untraceable funds had passed through his accounts between 2008 and 2012. The investigation was spurred by referrals from some of Haiti’s largest banks and tax agency.

In November and through January, Mr. Moïse and his team defended themselves against the charges by saying the findings were in Haitian gourdes which would have amounted, then, to $88,500 USD. This alibi was refuted by the banking institutions and regulatory agencies. Mr. Moïse’s carousing with at least two indicted, one of which, Senator-elect Guy Philippe, indicted, arrested and extradited to the U.S., has raised eyebrows.

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President-Elect Money-Laundering Case Comes to a Head, Inauguration Eve

 

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Caribbean nations need to utilize the diaspora more

Hes Washington back and nobody heard of him before he ran. Hes part of the former president crew who's fighting money laundering case with drug ties


The whole election is corrupt and clearly west back. Right after the hurricane with the national destabilize and disease ridden you start the election process with people cant get out and vote for they president. ...

Plus you have foreigners, US ambassador, and the UN lying about the condition of saying haitian just complaing again when we have independent report broadcasting with pics and video of UN and electoral council involvement voter fraud and haiti electoral council


Shyt the president before him the singer was selling haiti gold contracts to the west(& friends) and land to foreigners. As haitian I dont see no future for haiti

 

[loyola llothta]

King of Morocco Congratulates Haiti on 213th Year of Independence

RABAT, Morocco (sentinel.ht) – In a note dated on the 213th anniversary of the independence of Haiti, His Majesty, the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, expressed his warm congratulations to the people o Haiti and his “wishes of progress and prosperity to the friendly Haitian people.”






The letter, which was addressed to President Jocelerme Privert, said His Magesty welcomed “the solid ties of friendship and mutual respect uniting the Moroccan and Haitian peoples”, we learn through Haiti Libre.

The King added, “the strong attachment of the Kingdom of Morocco to the consolidation Fruitful cooperation and active solidarity with the Republic of Haiti, with a view to raising them to a dynamic and mutually beneficial South-South partnership.”

King of Morocco Congratulates Haiti on 213th Year of Independence

 

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Jovenel Moise financial crimes investigation began in 2013

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) – The investigation into now-President-elect Jovenel Moise for alleged money-laundering began on April 22, 2013, when questionable activity was referred to the Central Financial Intelligence Unit (UCREF) by Haiti’s internal revenue service. This was among the revelations made during a press conference by UCREF Director Sonel Jean-Francois on Wednesday, who hoped to show his institution was operating in impartiality.

Mr. Jean-Francois, who served as government commissioner for a short stint under the former Michel Martelly administration, reiterated several times throughout the press conference that he came into office in April 2016, three years from when the investigation initially began, and found the case still open. The case of suspected money-laundering was en course back when Mr. Moise was an unknown, long before President Michel Martelly would tap him in 2015 to be his successor.

For four days, since the UCREF report, accompanied by three others from the ULCC, were forwarded to the district attorney’s office, members of Jovenel Moise’s political team and advisers had made declarations in the press that the UCREF report was erroneous. Specifically, they said the $5,552,000.50 that the report suggests would have crossed Mr. Moise’s bank accounts under questionable circumstances, was actually in Haitian gourdes (HTG). The Parti Haitien Tet Kale (PHTK) surrogates for the president-elect essentially claimed this amount, which would add up to $80,000 USD, is much ado about nothing.

But Director Jean-Francois would refute all claims that his institution’s report was based on HTGs and was in anyway erroneous. He presented to the press the actual bank records sent from the financial institutions, which were in U.S. dollars.

http://sentinel.ht/2017/01/19/jovenel-moise-financial-crimes-investigation-began-2013/

 

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Japan grants $3M for purchase of U.S. rice to Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) – Japan granted $3 million [USD] to Haiti on Thursday for the purchase of U.S. rice as part of a food security agreement the two countries have with each other.

Pierrot Delienne, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Yoshiaki Hatta, Ambassador of Japan in Haiti signed a Grant Agreement for the Food Assistance (KR) project for 2016.

As part of this project, the Government of Japan will make available to the Haitian Government, as a donation, 350 million Yen ($3 million). This amount will be used to purchase rice, which will be sold at preferential prices by the Office of Monetization of Development Aid Programs (BMPAD) to stabilize the local market.

The Government of Japan expressed its desire to see the donation benefit the many affected families to prevent hunger and improve the nutritional status of the country along with the development of agricultural capacity.

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Japan grants $3M for purchase of U.S. rice to Haiti

 

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Trump is a tightrope for Haiti President Jovenel Moïse

WASHINGTON, D.C. (sentinel.ht) – U.S. Ambassador Peter F. Mulrean has been asked to hand in his resignation within the next 10 days, before U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office. This, to me, is a prelude to a very tightrope for the incoming Haitian President Jovenel Moïse because history shows, when a Republican is in the White House, there is little support for malpractice in the Haitian National Palace.


It is not just the U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, Mulrean, that Mr. Trump has asked to resign, but all ambassadors appointed by the outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama. This indicates a true shift in foreign policy, no continuation for a foreign policy shaped on the failed, dangerous and corrupt Democrat Clintonian doctrine.

Now, let’s review the outcomes of Haitian presidents under recent U.S. Republican administrations:

2004: President Jean-Bertrand Ariside, charged with establishing totalitarian rule, is overthrown in coup under George W. Bush.
1991: President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, charged with aggressive reform and alienation of industry leaders during a time of fundamental political transition, is overthrown in coup under George H.W. Bush.
1986: President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier, a dictator, is overthrown in popular uprising under Ronald W. Reagan.
*1862 (bonus): Republican U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was the first in the U.S. and among the world powers to recognize Haiti as a nation.

Contrast that to the outcomes of Haitian presidents under U.S. Democratic administrations:

2011-16: President Michel Martelly is provided steadfast support towards establishing a totalitarian regime under Barack H. Obama.
1994: President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is returned to power by force to essentially destroy Haitian agriculture, security and sovereignty under William “Bill” J. Clinton.
1978: President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier undertakes a massive operation to slaughter the “black pigs” as directed by USAID which began the downward spiral of the Haitian economy, this under James “Jimmy” E. Carter.

What this history demonstrates to me is that there is a fine line for Haitian administrations to govern well when a Republican is in the White House and misconduct, malpractice, is not just tolerated by Democratic administrations, but supported. It continues to be said that the United States is behind the coups listed above under the Republican administrations, but I believe my eyes than what is said. What I saw at the end of the day is Haitians leading those coups.

The difference, I would say, is that Democratic administrations stop uprisings in Haiti and that has been to the detriment of Haiti because those in power, abuse that power.

It sounds controversial but I believe a people, internally, should have a right to war, civil disobedience, even civil war. Imagine if in the mid-late 1800s, as the U.S. was entering into its Civil War on the issue of slavery, Great Britain, France and Spain had sent soldiers (“peacekeepers”) to quell the battle. It is safe to say that the 13th Amendment would have never been passed. Today, Haiti is under United Nations peacekeeper occupation and it is not serving for the development, evolution and growth – growing pains, even – of the country. Mr. Trump is hinting at defunding the U.N., thank God.

For President-elect Jovenel Moïse, good governance and political savvy will likely be required in order to stay in office and defend against an uprising. This would mean working with all along the political spectrum. This would mean solving problems for the struggling poor and bringing the elite into an understanding that their success is dependent upon the majority’s success.

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Trump is a tightrope for Haiti President Jovenel Moïse

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Trump is a tightrope for Haiti President Jovenel Moïse



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Trump is a tightrope for Haiti President Jovenel Moïse

Very interesting. And indeed controversial.

 

[loyola llothta]

@ZoeGod @KidStranglehold my mom know this dude.... s/o to the builders

he made the first Made In Haiti By Haitian Bus

 

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The "Core Group" ready to work with Jovenel Moïse

Sandra Honoré, Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and other members of the Core Group (Ambassadors of Brazil, Canada, France, Spain, United States of America, European Union and the Special Representative of the Organization of American States) "welcome the swearing-in of President Jovenel Moses as the 58th President of the Republic of Haiti and renew their willingness to work with the new Head of State.

The Core Group congratulates the Haitian people for the patience and determination they showed in the exercise of their leadership choices, demonstrating their commitment to democracy and the electoral process, which lasted nearly two years.

The presidential inauguration marks a decisive step for the country's return to constitutional order and openness so that all sectors of society strive constructively and inclusively to address the most pressing challenges facing Haiti .

Haïti - Diplomatie : Le «Core Group» prêt à travailler avec Jovenel Moïse - HaitiLibre.com : Toutes les nouvelles d’Haiti 7/7

 

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Haiti - Politics: Jovenel Moses spoke with the representative of King Mohammed VI

On Tuesday, after the investiture ceremony, the new President of Haiti Jovenel Moses received in audience Mr. El Malki, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who officially represented His Majesty the King of Morocco Mohammed VI.

This audience was an opportunity for El Malki to recall the content of the cooperation between Morocco and Haiti, particularly in the field of training, through a program that allows a significant number of Haitian students to pursue Their studies in Morocco. He also highlighted the expertise acquired by the Kingdom of Morocco in the agricultural sector and in the development of the rural world through the use of fertilizers and the management of water resources.

These areas, El Malki said, "constitute the main axes around which Morocco intends to articulate its cooperation with Haiti," welcoming the solidarity ties that unite the Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of Haiti, two countries proud of their African roots.

President Jovenel Moïse welcomed the meeting, saying that he was closely following the experience of Morocco in all areas of interest to Haiti. He instructed President El Malki to convey his congratulations to His Majesty the King for the return of the Kingdom to the African Union and to welcome the reforms introduced by the Sovereign, making Morocco a model for the development and Stability in the region. He assured "for Haiti, Morocco is a country brother and friend

Haïti - Politique : Jovenel Moïse s'est entretenu avec le représentant du Roi Mohammed VI - HaitiLibre.com : Toutes les nouvelles d’Haiti 7/7

 

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Haiti - Economy: Inflation to 14.3% (December 2016)

For the month of December 2016, the General Consumer Price Index (base 100 in August 2004) amounted to 288.9 against 285.5 in November 2016 and recorded a monthly change in monthly inflation of + 1.2 % And 14.3% year-on-year.

The monthly increase in inflation is mainly due to the behavior of consumption functions: "Food, Drinks and Tobacco" (+ 1.2%), "Rent of Housing, Energy and Water" (+ 2.6%), Maintenance of Housing "(+ 0.9%) and" Other goods and services "(+ 1.9%).

The positive change in the Food, Beverages and Tobacco Index, which accounts for more than 50% of the household budget, is due in part to the increase in millet (+ 2.8%), ground maize (+ 0.7%), Beef (+ 1.0%), pork (+ 1.6%), fresh fish (+ 0.8%), eggs (+ 0.9%), avocado (+ 2.3%), bananas (+ 4.1%), green pea (+ 1.1%), dry pea (+ 1.0%), eggplant (+ 3.1% ), Cabbage (+ 3.0%), carrot (+ 3.6%), tomato (+ 2.7%), yam (+ 1.7%), malanga (+ 3.0% 2.1%), potato (+ 3.0%), potatoes (+ 3.9%), orange (+ 3.0%), chadka (+ 2.2%), lemon , Raw sugar (+ 1.1%), refined sugar (+ 1.0%) and other alcoholic beverages (+ 1.4%).

The rise in the "Rent of Housing, Energy and Water" index is particularly linked to the changes in the items: housing rent (+ 0.5%), water supply (+ 0.2%) and coal Wood (+ 9.1%).

The upward trend observed in the "Accommodation, Equipment and Maintenance of Housing" index follows the increase in the price of living room furniture (+ 2.6%), dining room (+ 2.8%), Of the refrigerator (+ 2.5%) and miscellaneous services (+ 1.9%).

The increase in the Health index is particularly linked to the rise in prices: drugs (+ 1.2%), corrective lenses (+ 2.9%), fees paid to doctors (+ 2.7%) and laboratory analysis And radiography (+ 0.7%).

Finally, the increase in the "Other goods and services" index is mainly due to the increase in prices: shampoo (+ 0.9%), toilet powder (+ 9.6%), cream for (+ 1.8%), other hair care products (+ 1.6%) and watches (+ 4.6%).

Situation in Counts, according to the country (yoy)
Food, beverages and tobacco: 14.5%
Clothing and fabrics, shoes: 17.9%
rent housing, energy and water: 17.6%
Construction and maintenance of housing: 13.8%
Health: 8.5%
Transportation 4.4%
Leisure, entertainment, education and culture: 17.2%
Other goods and services: 16.7%

Location in figures of local products (yoy)
Food, beverages and tobacco: 15.2%
Clothing and fabrics shoes: 5.3%
rent housing, energy and water: 20.8%
Construction and maintenance of housing: 22.4%
Health: 8.8%
Transportation 6.2%
Leisure, entertainment, education and culture: 16.9%
Other goods and services: 2.6%

Situation figures for imports (yoY):
Food, beverages and tobacco: 12.4%
Clothing and fabrics, shoes: 19.2%
rent housing, energy and water 1.1%
Construction and maintenance of housing: 23.6%
Health: 3.2%
Transport: 3.2%
Leisure, entertainment, education and culture: 25.2%
Other goods and services: 14.8%

General price Index by region (change over one month):
Aire Metropolitain (+ 1.2%)
West Rest (+ 1.0%) (includes departments the Sud'Est and West)
North (+ 1.2%) (including departments of the North, Northeast and Nord'Ouest)
South (+ 1.7%) (including departments of the South Grand Anse et des Nippes)
Transversal: (+ 1.0%), (including Center and Artibonite departments)

Haïti - Économie : Inflation à 14.3% (décembre 2016) - HaitiLibre.com : Toutes les nouvelles d’Haiti 7/7

 

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Haiti - Politics: Signing of 4 donation contracts with Japan

On Thursday, as part of the "Assistance in the form of Donations to Local Micro-Projects Contributing to Human Security (APL)", 4 donation contracts were signed at the premises of the Embassy of Japan between the Ambassador of Japan Accredited in Port-au-Prince, Yoshiaki Hatta and the Representatives of four local organizations.

Beneficiary Projects:

CAREM School Development Project submitted by the Action Committee for Reforestation and Education of Marmont in the amount of US $ 105.946 to improve the learning conditions of the 315 pupils of School and receive more children who do not have access to basic education, the project includes the rehabilitation of 7 existing classrooms and the construction of three new classrooms.

Project of Reconstruction of the Community Dispensary of Las Lomas Saint Michel de l'Attalaye, submitted by the Youth Union of Saint-Michel (UJSC) in the amount of 77,600 dollars to provide access to basic health care in An adequate environment, this project will enable the organization to construct a building including a waiting room, a delivery room, an administration room, a pharmacy, a library, a consultation room, a dormitory and a block Health.

Project of Development of the École Communautaire de Terre Blanche submitted by the Hinche Samaritaine Organization (OROSH), in the amount of 107,937 dollars will allow the organization to build a building of 6 classrooms equipped with school furniture (Tables, benches, chairs and tables) and a sanitary block to promote a better adapted and better structured school environment for quality education. Note that currently, due to lack of budget, the school does not have a physical building and its 300 students are studying under the tent since its foundation in 2013.

Project of Development of Holiness Community Joint School submitted by the Association Mutual Spiritual of the Former Brothers United States and the Returnees (AMSAFUR), amounting to 81,897 dollars intended to provide the 180 pupils with a school environment that meets the basic pedagogical standards, Holiness Community School currently housed in a place that does not ' Is not his, is preparing to build a building of 6 classrooms equipped with school furniture (paintings, benches and tables) and a sanitary block.

Haïti - Politique : Signature de 4 contrats de dons avec le Japon - HaitiLibre.com : Toutes les nouvelles d’Haiti 7/7

 

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Two Days After Foundation Breaks Ties-Haiti Police Rescue 31 Girls in ChildTrafficking Sting.

NEW YORK CITY, New York, USA (sentinel.ht) – The Clinton Foundation announced, Saturday, that it was cutting its programs in Haiti, spinning them into separate entities according to news reports.

Because the foundation’s announcement came just a day, a day and a half, at most, of a Haitian police anti-child-trafficking raid which led to the rescue of 31 girls, minors, on Sunday, it has spurred conversation among internet sleuths, leery of the Clintons and the U.S. political establishment

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Police in Haiti over the weekend rescued dozens of women and girls on the verge of being sold, and placed 12 suspected human traffickers under arrest, authorities said.

Officials said the arrests took place Sunday at a tourist resort outside the capital Port-au-Prince after a three month investigation.

"We found 33 girls, 20 of them minors, piled together in one room," Danton Leger, government commissioner for Port-au-Prince, told local radio.

"In another room there were 12 people — four women and eight men — with what appeared to be marijuana and cocaine," Leger said. The raid took place at the Kaliko Beach Club, some 60 kilometres (37 miles) outside the capital.


"Last week, we received information that young girls were being sold for 300 dollars each," said Leger, who holds a post equivalent to government prosecutor.


Police seized a computer said to contain pornographic videos involving child victims, he added.

Witnesses interviewed by police said that girls as young as 13 were lured to the resort with promises of a beach vacation, only to fall victim to the traffickers.

"These people are suspected of trafficking in minors and of sexual exploitation," said national police spokesman Garry Desrosiers.

Haiti has been placed on the US State Department's black list of nations where human trafficking has flourished, largely because of a failure to vigorously investigate, prosecute, convict, and sentence traffickers.

Other nations on the list are Surinam, Myanmar, Djibouti, Papua New Guinea, Sudan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

interesting connections

The Daily Mail reported Friday, Saturday:

Being spun into separate entities are the foundation’s initiatives in the country of Haiti, along with the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, named after a billionaire backer of the couple.

Earlier this month, the foundation announced through a WARN notice to its employees that it would be ending the Clinton Global Initiative. The Daily Mail and the foundation’s president call the CGI and programs in Haiti the two more controversial programs.

The Daily Mail writes:

The couple’s relationship with Haiti was complicated as some blamed their efforts for the island nation’s sluggish recovery after the 2010 earthquake, while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state and her husband served as a U.N. envoy.

Like the broader pay-to-play attacks on the Clinton Foundation opponents accused the Hillary Clinton’s State Department with giving Clinton Foundation donors first dibs on Haitian relief projects.

The article continues:

After visiting ‘Little Haiti’ in Florida in September, Trump said, ‘And I want to tell you, they hate the Clintons, because what’s happened in Haiti with the Clinton Foundation is a disgrace.’

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http://sentinel.ht/2017/02/06/clinton-foundation-quits-haiti/
Haiti police rescue dozens, arrest 12 in human trafficking ring - News - Jamaica Observer Mobile
Clintons ditch two controversial parts of their foundation | Daily Mail Online