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  Rebel Leader in Charge of Haitian Town - The Interactive Message Board of kwabs.com
HINCHE, Haiti (Reuters) - A prominent rebel leader paraded through the streets of the central Haitian city of Hinche on Tuesday, a day after his gunmen kicked out the local police force in an escalating revolt against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
The attack on the police station at Hinche, which left the city in rebel hands on Tuesday, was the latest incident in a revolt that erupted on Feb. 5 in the western city of Gonaives and spread to several other towns.
The foreign police adviser and other witnesses said the death of the Hinche police commander and his bodyguard appeared to be an accident.
www.kwabs.com /interactive/index.php?showtopic=302   (776 words)

  
 CNN.com - 50 dead as Haiti crisis grows - Feb. 17, 2004
An uprising in Haiti has intensified with rebels killing the police chief and two of his bodyguards in the town of Hinche before driving the rest of the police force from the town, local radio reports said.
In Hinche on Monday, about 50 rebels killed three officers and then burned the police station before other the officers left the city, witnesses said.
The rebels who took Hinche were led by Louis-Jodel Chamblain, a former soldier who led a feared paramilitary group that killed and maimed hundreds of Aristide supporters under a military dictatorship between 1991 and 1994.
edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/americas/02/17/haiti.revolt1410/index.html   (1460 words)

  
 Town falls as Haitian rebellion spreads - World - www.smh.com.au
Port-au-Prince: Armed rebels have seized the central town of Hinche and killed the district police chief as an uprising against the embattled President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, spread to new areas of Haiti.
The attack on Hinche's police station was led by Louis Jodel Chamblain, a feared paramilitary leader under the former Haitian military dictator Raoul Cedras.
By nightfall, Hinche, with a population 87,000, was said to be largely in rebel hands, with police retreating to the town of Mirebalais, 55 kilometres to the south.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/02/17/1076779976795.html   (329 words)

  
 Haiti Democracy Project
Last night, when we were trying to find the people who were beaten up and left on the roads, a group of men called ASPA who were dressed in fl—and that group depends on the police and probably on the Hinche town hall, we are not sure—came with heavy weapons.
We are therefore issuing an invitation to the democratic sectors in the country, the human rights organizations and the international community to investigate the Hinche situation.
Hinche is an area that is under the control of the Lavalas scoundrels who are doing what they want there.
www.haitipolicy.org /content/655.htm   (525 words)

  
 Picture of Laundry in the river at Hinche | Travel Photography | Hinche | Haiti | Central&South America
It was taken on a travel to Hinche, Haiti, CentralandSouth America.
Hinche might be the quintessential town of Haiti - it has a very relaxed atmosphere, its people treat the visitor with curiosity and its surroundings are just beautiful nature.
The way to Hinche has been described elsewhere - suffice to say, it was a long, bumpy and arduous ride in two stages from Cap Haïtien.
pictures.traveladventures.org /images/hinche08   (322 words)

  
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Hinche Town commission candidate Paula Jean did not hesitate when faced with a question about corruption at a RAMAK-sponsored town forum.
In the past, electoral debates were held in Port-au-Prince, but participants in Hinche, Port de Paix and elsewhere said that local debates ushered in democratic processes to rural areas.
Electoral debates were generally held in Port-au-Prince in the past but participants in Hinche, Port de Paix and elsewhere said that the local debates helped bring democratic practices to rural areas.
www.caii.com /CAIIStaff/Dashboard_GIROAdminCAIIStaff/Dashboard_CAIIAdminDatabase/CAIIAdminSupplemental.aspx?WADSurveyid=2172   (651 words)

  
 The Bassin Zim Water Fall Near Hinche, Haiti
Monday March 26, 2007 08:54 AM The last time I went to Hinche, Haiti, my hometown, I took 119 pictures of the Basin Zim water fall.
Bassin Zim is one of the hidden treasures of Haiti, a place that the local government can use to generate electricity and promote tourism in the Plateau Central.
went with my church on a medical mission trip to hinche, and we were rewarded with a trip to the falls.
www.haitianinternet.com /articles.php/305   (636 words)

  
 Picture of River flowing through Hinche | Hinche | Haiti
This picture was taken during a visit to Hinche, Haiti.
You can locate Hinche and navigate the world using Google Earth.
You can also locate Hinche directly on the map.
www.traveladventures.org /continents/southamerica/hinche09.shtml   (171 words)

  
 Hinche, Haiti travel blogs - travel stories and photos about Hinche, Haiti - TravelPod
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"On Friday, after closing the clinic, we went into Hinche to see the clinic a parish in Gwinnett county had built.
A travel blog entry from Hinche by haileygoneagain
www.travelpod.com /travel-blog-city/Haiti/Hinche/tpod.html   (169 words)

  
 Haiti rebels kill police chief, officers
Haiti's rebellion spread to the central city of Hinche on Monday as rebels and former soldiers killed at least three officers at a police station.
The rebels descended on the police station in Hinche, about 70 miles northwest of Port-au-Prince, according to a Haitian security official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"Blood has flowed in Hinche," Arstide told reporters at a news conference late Monday, saying he had asked for technical assistance from the Organization of American States.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-02/17/content_306729.htm   (844 words)

  
 Nouvelle page 1
It seems to me that this is the way Hinche (Haiti) began.
It seems to me because of the evolution that began, Hinche (Haiti) becomes a little younger.
Then we would have an Hinche (Haiti) that is built on peace, joy, love, where we could find food to eat, in the same spirit of peace we would have roads, light, education, hospitals, etc. Where everybody could live in happiness.
www.fawi.net /Baltimore/Haiti25/Mono.htm   (324 words)

  
 Global Voices Online » Images from Haiti: Hinche’s New Cathedral
Martin Baran blogs photos of Hinche, capital of Centre department, Haiti.
I was shock, happy, sad to see the Cathedral of Hinche, my beloved hometown in the net.
I did not know that hinche has such beautiful corner, thanks to the photographer and thanks to hinche.
www.globalvoicesonline.org /2006/05/12/images-from-haiti-hinches-new-cathedral   (485 words)

  
 Picture of The Hinche bus has arrived | Travel Photography | Hinche | Haiti | Central&South America
This picture shows The Hinche bus has arrived.
Pretty soon, we were sold: it took little time to feel welcome and relaxed about this central Haitian town in the hills of the Cordillera central of Hispaniola.
Instead of taking one of the many motortaxis plying the streets of Hinche, we preferred to walk - and walk we did during our visit!
pictures.traveladventures.org /images/hinche13   (299 words)

  
 #1761: Re: #1752: Munsell replies re. plane crash near Hinche (fwd)
Over a year ago there was a small Piper which was owned by a Haitian doctor which crashed at Hinche.
We fly to Hinche every day and I don't know anything about a crash.
I also saw the wreckage of these, but that was no where near Hinche.
www.webster.edu /~corbetre/haiti-archive/msg01847.html   (328 words)

  
  Information about the Diocese of Hinche
This page provided access to information about the Diocese of Hinche and the twinning relationship with the Diocese of Richmond.
The picture below shows the Cathedral in Hinche which is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.
The next button accesses a listing of twinning relationships between organizations in the Diocese of Richmond and organizations in the Diocese of Hinche.
www.lekol.com /lk_hinche.htm   (67 words)

  
  Haiti Medical - U.S. missionaries caught in Haiti's crossfire   (Site not responding. Last check: )
At least in the presence of the gunmen, several residents of Hinche echoed the criticism of the president.
Although Hinche was under the complete control of the anti-Aristide gunmen, their reach did not appear to spread south to the nearby town of Mirebalais, although the police station there was vacant.
One man who was spotted leaving Hinche was Sherman Allen, a Canadian who was working as a technical advisor to the police department with the Organization of American States.
www.haitimedical.com /prince/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=90   (744 words)

  
 iafrica.com | news | world news Haiti rebels seize central town
The closure of the frontier came as the central Haiti town of Hinche, not far from the border, fell to rebels demanding the ouster of Aristide, a former Roman Catholic priest who was first elected president in 1991.
By nightfall, Hinche, population 87 000, was in rebel hands, local radio said.
The fall of Hinche came after two rebels died overnight in the northern city of Saint-Marc, 95 kilometres north of the capital.
iafrica.com /news/worldnews/303048.htm   (760 words)

  
 Grassroots Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Courtyard was the headquarters of the UN contingent here in Hinche and as we walked up the street and approached the gate, a trio of soldiers popped their heads out of a sand-bagged watch tower.
We spoke with the Mayor of Hinche and with some local delegates to the national government last night, and they were very happy with the work of the UN.
They said that the Police in Hinche had been disarmed by members of the former military (which Aristide disbanded in 1995), and that without the UN, the ex-soldiers and the gangs and Chimere in the neighborhood would be terrorizing the local population.
www.grassrootsonline.org /weblog/2005/04/un-in-hinche.html   (1020 words)

  
 Haiti Outreach : Special Projects   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Orphanage in Hinche, where there is a significant number of children who live on the streets, their parents either dead or unable to care for them.
We are partnering with the Office of Education, Diocese of Hinche, in a major way for the eventual construction of 40 new school buildings in villages without schools.
The Diocese of Hinche has established a list of eleven villages with a high priority need, and the Fund is currently working on raising the needed funds ($80,000 each).
www.richmonddiocese.org /haiti/hat108.htm   (555 words)

  
 Maison Fortune Orphanage: Letter from Jean-Louis
The orphanage is located in Hinche, the capital city of the Haiti's Central Plateau.
After my fourth year of secondary school (in Haiti, secondary school is usually seven or eight years), I had to leave my native zone and find another place to continue with school because the school in St. Michel did not offer the last four years.
My sister and her husband had to go to the countryside outside of Hinche for months at a time to work and feed themselves and their children because they were starving and could find nothing in the city.
www.maisonfortune.org /JeanLouis.html   (2051 words)

  
 Travel in Hinche - Haiti - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
The “Foyer d’Accueil” is an unmarked guesthouse above a school that is behind the blue and white church on the east side of the main square.
East of Hinche, Bassin Zim is a 20 m waterfall in a lush setting 30 minutes drive from town (head east on the Thomassique Road, then fork north at Papaye).
Bishop Laroche of the Diocese of Hinche called Kobonal the "darkest corner of the Diocese of Hinche." The villagers lived in isolation in an environment where fear and superstition dominated their lives.
www.americatravelling.net /haiti/hinche/hinche_culture.htm   (444 words)

  
 Print news - IPS Inter Press Service
With rebel gangs holding Haiti's fourth largest city, Gonaives, and the Central Plateau town of Hinche, and vowing to move on Cap Haitien, the country's second largest city, analysts here believe the country could be moving toward total breakdown, or civil war.
Chamblain, who apparently slipped across the border from the Dominican Republic where he had been in exile for almost a decade, was convicted in absentia of involvement in the assassination of Antoine Izmery, a prominent pro-democracy activist.
Reports from Hinche indicated Chamblain is accompanied by Guy Philippe, Cap Haitien's police chief, and Jean Pierre Baptiste, alias "Jean Tatoune", who was sentenced to life imprisonment for his participation in a 1994 massacre that killed dozens of people in the Raboteau district of Gonaives.
www.ipsnews.net /print.asp?idnews=22490   (916 words)

  
 History of the Fraternities
The Little Brothers and Little Sisters of the Incarnation were founded in the Central Plateau area of Haiti in the Catholic Diocese of Hinche in 1976 and 1985 respectively.
The fraternities are currently located in 6 dioceses throughout Haiti: Hinche, Port-au-Prince, Les Cayes, Jeremie, Jacmel, Fort-Liberte, as well as one in Santo Domingo of the Dominican Republic (see map).
Haiti, is like the reed which bends in the wind but does not break, it shows to the world once again the historic strength of the poor.
members.tripod.com /~lincarnation/inchisteng.html   (483 words)

  
 As Police Flee, Rebels Tighten Grip in Haiti's Heartland   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Their arrival was also intended as a show of strength to the government, whose seven police officers fled Hinche last Monday when the rebel troops first arrived.
Now Commander Ravix and his men are recruiting among their old colleagues, some 500 of whom are thought to be in the government police force, according to one former security officer.
In Hinche, Augustin L'Ouverture, 52, a former army and police officer, said he planned to join the new force.
www.latinamericanstudies.org /haiti/heartland.htm   (1314 words)

  
 PC(USA) - Mission Connections - Letter
Haiti is fundamentally beautiful and God the Creator is present here, just as She is present in every time and every place, even unto the utmost ends of the earth—or depths of the sea, as Jonah found out on his roundabout way to Nineveh.
The Hinche road starts where the pavement ends, right by a Texaco gas station that hasn’t been open since the first time I visited Hinche in October 2003.
The trip to Hinche on 3 takes between three and five hours—five if you worry about vehicle longevity or are already concerned about a potential problem that might be aggravated by the jarring ruts.
www.pcusa.org /missionconnections/letters/harem/harem_0506.htm   (2358 words)

  
 NCHR - Haiti Office - August 2001 Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti
Hinche, the people arrested are professionals, former candidates and supporters of the Democratic Convergence, former military and certain members of their families.  They are as follows:
No one can be held in detention if he/she has not been brought, within 48 hours of his/her arrest, before a judge called to rule on the legality of the arrest, or if the judge does not confirm the detention to be justifiable.
All harshness and constraint that is not necessary to apprehend or hold a person in custody, all moral pressure or physical brutality, notably during questioning, are forbidden.
www.nchr.org /hrp/haiti_office/28_jul_2001.htm   (1585 words)

  
 Aristide seeks foreign help as Haitian uprising spreads - Feb. 18, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The border closing on Monday came as the central Haiti town of Hinche, not far from the border, fell to rebels demanding the ouster of Aristide, a former Roman Catholic priest who was first elected president in 1991.
Three people, including police chief Jonas Maxime and his bodyguard, were slain by armed rebels in an attack on a police station in Hinche, 130 kilometers (80 miles) northeast of the capital Port-au-Prince, local radio reports and residents said.
Local police retreated to the town of Mirebalais, 55 kilometers (35 miles) south of Hinche.
www.inq7.net /wnw/2004/feb/18/wnw_7-1.htm   (563 words)

  
 HAITI PROGRES
A group of unidentified armed men attacked the home of Claudel Cazeau, the Haitian government delegate to Hinche, on the evening of Aug. 25.
Cazeau charged that the attackers, who fired shots at and around his house, were trying to assassinate him and sow terror in the town.
The situation is not helped by the fact that Hinche has had not electricity for over a year.
www.haitiprogres.com /2003/sm030903/eng09-03.html   (531 words)

  
 Does Haitian Justice Have to be an Oxymoron?
It was in a US military helicopter going from Port-au-Prince to Hinche that I first met a representative of the Haitian justice after the return of the exiled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was made possible by the soft-entry invasion of US troops in Haiti in September 1994.
The tribunal in Hinche (a departmental capital) was a wooden one-floor structure with no electricity and no window shutters so that the whole of Hinche stands outside looking into the proceedings.
One man in Hinche told me that in his opinion it was more dangerous not to bring justice than not to bring food, shelter or medicine to people.
www.aliciapatterson.org /APF1702/Husarska/Husarska.html   (3781 words)

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