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  Haiti - MSN Encarta
Haiti, independent country in the West Indies, occupying the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea.
Haiti is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the Dominican Republic, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the Windward Passage, a channel that separates the country from Cuba.
Haiti’s large population and the degree of deforestation already present seem to preclude the reestablishment of wildlife, although the climate would be hospitable to any tropical plants or animals.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576153/Haiti.html   (931 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 2004 Haiti rebellion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The 2004 Haiti rebellion was a conflict fought for several weeks in Haiti during February 2004 that resulted in the premature end of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's second term, and the installment of an interim government led by Gerard Latortue.
According to supporters of Aristide's government, the rebellion is a coup attempt by former soldiers of the now-disbanded army (which ruled Haiti from 1991 to 1994) on behalf of the old elite of Haiti, which seeks to put an end to Aristide's populist policies and democratic rule.
Haiti's police force of 5,000 proved too small and poorly armed to be effective in resisting the rebel advance, and in some places, such as Cap-Haïtien, the police seemed not have mounted any substantial resistance at all.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /2004_Haiti_rebellion   (3258 words)

  
 Haiti - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The Republic of Haiti is a country situated on the western third of the island of Hispaniola and the smaller islands of La Gonâve, La Tortue (Tortuga), Les Cayemites, and Ile a Vache in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba; Haiti shares Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic.
The total land area of Haiti is 10,714 square miles (27,750 square km) and its capital is Port-au-Prince on the main island of Hispaniola.
Haiti is a presidential republic with an elected president and National Assembly.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/h/a/i/Haiti.html   (2927 words)

  
 Nord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Note: Nord means "North" in German, French, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian.
Nord (Elder Scrolls), a fictional race in The Elder Scrolls
This article consisting of geographical locations is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nord   (134 words)

  
 Haiti travel guide - Wikitravel
Haiti (Haitian Creole: Ayiti, French: Haïti) is a Caribbean country that occupies the western one-third of the island of Hispaniola.
Haiti has been plagued by political violence for most of its history since then, and it is now one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere.
Taxis in Haiti are usually in the form of SUVs or Trucks as most of the roads are long overdue for repairs in addition to plethora of unpaved roads one faces while travelling in Haiti.
wikitravel.org /en/Haiti   (1837 words)

  
 Haiti - GEOGRAPHY
Haiti is a country of only about 28,000 square kilometers, about the size of the state of Maryland.
The Massif du Nord, an extension of the central mountain range in the Dominican Republic, begins at Haiti's eastern border, north of the Guayamouc River, and extends to the northwest through the northern peninsula.
The Plaine du Nord lies along the northern border with the Dominican Republic, between the Massif du Nord and the North Atlantic Ocean.
countrystudies.us /haiti/19.htm   (984 words)

  
 Haiti Hope Fund - The Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Haiti Hope Fund is actively involved in training and equipping leaders who will transform Haitian communities and eliminate poverty for the next generations.
The Haiti Hope Fund (formerly known as the International Christian Education Fund) was founded in 1994 by Drs.
Ivah and Harold first arrived in Haiti in 1947 with a vision to build what would later be known as the Haitian Baptist Theological Seminary.
www.haitihopefund.org /about/thestory.php   (265 words)

  
 Haiti Departments
Samuel Villavicencio sent a spreadsheet of the 2003 census data, derived from a profile of Haiti's agricultural zones.
One PDF report on the 1995-06-25 elections says, "According to Haiti's electoral system, the country is divided into ten departments: the nine ordinary departments and the department of Nippes, the eastern part of the department of Grand' Anse" (my translation), suggesting that Nippes previously existed in some intermediate status.
Haiti has been an independent country for the whole of the 20th century, in theory.
www.statoids.com /uht.html   (388 words)

  
 WSW CONCACAF News
Haiti scored two goals in the first half en route to a 3:0 victory over Suriname in the first leg of the playoff series for the lone remaining Caribbean Zone berth to the 2002 FC Women's Gold Cup Finals at Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
As Haiti continued to put pressure on their opponents's back line, they added another tally before the interval.
Viola Nord's strike finding the back of the net in the 42nd minutes, after the teams had battled for the first 35 minutes of the second half without scoring.
www.womensoccer.com /refs/concacaf-refs/conc-haiti_9sept02.html   (219 words)

  
 In today's Haiti 'Normal' life has been lost.
While the world listened Monday to news about an attempted coup at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, I was hidden away inside a house along with my mother, an aunt and six cousins.
We were preparing to make the hourlong trip into Cap-Haitien, Haiti's second largest city, to catch a flight to Port-au-Prince to head back to Miami.
A place where the river was no longer safe enough for a 5-year-old to venture on her own to play in the sand, digging for a water hole.
www.caribvoice.org /Opinions/jcharles.html   (1015 words)

  
 Haiti Democracy Project
A Haiti Democracy Project delegation to the State Department to advise continued U.S. support for the lawsuit of the Haitian government against former president Aristide and others for embezzlement.
Jacques Bernard, director of Haiti's electoral commission, reported on his successful completion of second round after his return, which was initiated at our first seminar with him in February.
Ernest H. Preeg, the chairman of the project, advocates moving Haiti to threshold status given the progress against corruption now possible on the basis of the recent successful elections.
www.haitipolicy.org /main/whats_new.htm   (988 words)

  
 International Action Center Condemns U.S. gunboat diplomacy in Haiti
The International Action Center condemns the forcible overthrow of the government of Haiti and the removal of popularly elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide by the U.S. and French military.
The departure of President Aristide was far from a voluntary decision for the "good of the country," as George Bush's mouthpiece in Haiti, Ambassador James Foley, maintains.
President Aristide left Haiti under the guns of a U.S. Naval task force and thousands of U.S. Marines, with Marine helicopters hovering over the presidential palace and U.S.-armed mercenaries surrounding the capital.
www.iacenter.org /Haitifiles/haiti-022904.htm   (1209 words)

  
 Haiti-Reference: Thèses et dissertations sur Haiti: Année 2000
The impact of the Congressional Black Caucus on United States foreign policy: Haiti and the Haitian refugees, 1991--1994.
Modes of autoethnography: Genealogical, autobiographical, and historical recovery in the novels of Alvarez, Cliff and Danticat (Julia Alvarez, Michelle Cliff, Edwidge Danticat, Jamaica, Haiti).
"Children are the wealth of the poor:" High fertility and the organization of labor in the rural economy of Jean Rabel, Haiti.
www.haiti-reference.com /arts/culture/dissert_2000.html   (356 words)

  
 Haiti - Boukman, Aristide, Voodoo And The Church
Haiti flourished under French rule and became invaluable as a resource for cocoa, cotton, sugar cane and coffee.
Haiti's current president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is a former Catholic priest who gained notoriety with the Catholic Church and popularity in Haiti in the late 1980s on account of his liberation theology.
Haiti is reckoned as being 95% Christian (predominantly Catholic), but according to Catholic missionary John Hoet, Haitians "are 100% voodoo".
jmm.aaa.net.au /articles/11197.htm   (1398 words)

  
 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THESES & DISSERTATIONS RELATED TO HAITI (20th Century)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Then, 46 subjects from Boston and Haiti completed two tasks involving identification and judgment of 29 particularities and their sociolinguistic values.
The purpose of the study is twofold: first, to elucidate the general processus of creolization of language in Haiti; second, to provide empirical input for further works.
In addition to the thematic and textual emphases, this dissertation examines the socio-historical context which informs each work, showing the links between a writer's creative expression and her concerns about the condition of women in her native or adopted country.
hometown.aol.com /ewvedrine/ThesDiss.htm   (9691 words)

  
 NewsHaiti.com - Haiti News
Haiti's economy is contracting, street protests are routine, and the U.S. State Department has all but suggested that visitors stay away.
ACUL DU NORD, Haiti (AP) — When Jose Morency and more than 200 other Haitians made a dash for the Miami coastline after their boat ran aground, he plunged his hands into the U.S. shore and filled his pockets with sand as a souvenir.
Haiti's largest business lobby group has accused the government of condoning a "climate of terror" in the impoverished Caribbean nation.
www.newshaiti.com /index.php?page=2&p=4   (501 words)

  
 Haiti Cheri Harvest Life Ministries: Where we Work
Haiti Cheri has concentrated its work in the remote village of Dolval, Haiti.
Haiti Cheri has partnered with Dolval Baptist Church to enable the members of this community to spread their Christian love to other parts of Haiti.
Haiti Cheri seeks to empower the local residents of Dolval in order to capitalize on its firm spiritual foundation.
www.haiticheri.org /where.htm   (226 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Cap-Haitien, Nord dept., Haiti, Caribbean (city) - Facts and Information
Nord dept., N Haiti, on the Atlantic Ocean; 19°45'N 72°12'W. Haiti's 2d largest city, it is a seaport, commercial center, and tourist attraction.
Founded by the French in 1670, the city was the capital of colonial Haiti for a century.
In 1791, Cap-Haitien was captured by Toussaint L'Ouverture, leader of a slave rebellion.
reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/C/C01990-cap-haitien.html   (230 words)

  
 American Renaissance
ACUL DU NORD, Haiti — The men painstakingly shaping the wooden stay of a boat with a homemade tool reckon it’ll be ready in two months to take to the seas and, hopefully, reach the shores of Florida.
Haiti’s police force numbers less than 4,000 and demoralized officers this week deserted at least four provincial posts.
Haiti’s rebellion has raised fears of a mass exodus on the scale of the tens of thousands who fled to Florida when Haiti was under brutal military dictatorships from 1991 to 1994.
www.amren.com /news/news04/02/20/haiti2.html   (1752 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Dozens live on émigré's largess
SAINT-LOUIS DU NORD, Haiti — An aging propeller plane skittered to a halt on a dirt runway.
The road Lundi and his greeting party took from the airstrip in Port-de-Paix to their hometown, Saint-Louis du Nord, is a canvas for those needs.
"Haiti has such a subsistence economy that most of the money has to go straight to consumption and education," said David Adams, former head of the Haiti office of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002963775_2remit01.html?syndication=rss   (1781 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Haiti
Haiti has been plagued by political violence for most of its history.
The economy shrank an estimated 1.2% in 2001 and an estimated 0.9% in 2002.
Haiti also suffers from rampant inflation, a lack of investment, and a severe trade deficit.
www.brainyatlas.com /geos/ha.html   (1130 words)

  
 Printable view   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
PLAINE DU NORD, Haiti — Josephine Derulien, carrying candles and a heavy spiritual debt, walked for 17 hours last month to reach this small farming town six miles southwest of Cap Haitien, swollen by thousands of people during an annual four-day pilgrimage.
Although millions still practice voodoo — now a state-sanctioned religion in Haiti — some are turning their backs on the religion brought from Africa, testing other faiths as their Caribbean country grapples with growing instability and poverty.
An estimated 70 percent of Haiti's 8.8 million people practice voodoo to some extent, including many who consider themselves to be Roman Catholics or adherents of other religions.
www.newshaiti.com /index.php?mode=print&n=239   (608 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Latin America/Caribbean / Haitians build boats to escape poverty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The men painstakingly shaping the wooden stay of a boat with a homemade tool reckon it'll be ready in two months to take to the seas and, hopefully, reach the shores of Florida.
ACUL DU NORD, Haiti -- The men painstakingly shaping the wooden stay of a boat with a homemade tool reckon it'll be ready in two months to take to the seas and, hopefully, reach the shores of Florida.
These would-be migrants are preparing their escape from Haiti at a time of rebellion that poses the greatest threat yet to the presidency of Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
www.boston.com /news/world/latinamerica/articles/2004/02/18/haitians_build_boats_to_escape_poverty   (725 words)

  
 Compass Direct News : IRAN - AUTHORITIES QUIETLY RELEASES CONVERT CHRISTIAN PRISONER
In late April, Haiti’s President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a former Catholic priest, declared voodoo an officially recognized religion.
Voodoo, an African folk religion that venerates a mixture of gods and goddesses and Catholic saints, is an integral part of Haitian life, they say, practiced in Haiti since the late 18th century.
I have a mandate to set Haiti free from the voodoo,” he said.
www.compassdirect.org /en/lead.php?idelement=95   (735 words)

  
 Haitain Vigilantes Place U.S. Troops in a Difficult Position   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A man described as the military junta's most notorious hired gun in northern Haiti was turned over Thursday to U.S. Special Forces by a cheering crowd, in only the latest act of vigilante justice that poses a growing challenge for American troops.
Leaning on two canes and suffering from a gaping wound on his hip, Jean Claude Celestin was led by hundreds of villagers to the two-story church rectory that now serves as headquarters for U.S. forces, who occupied this colonial-era town late last month.
This was just one of scores of incidents in which emboldened, jubilant crowds in towns all over rural northern Haiti have snatched their enemies, often from their homes or on public streets, and paraded them to the nearest U.S. military barracks.
www-tech.mit.edu /V114/N47/haiti.47w.html   (383 words)

  
 Savannah Christian Preparatory School
As we began our dissent into Port-au-Pai, Haiti, out of my tiny window on the plane, I saw a man rush out to run the goats, pigs, and people off of the dirt road in front of us.
Most children in Haiti only receive one meal a day and that is if they are lucky.
Before I left for Haiti, I spoke to all the Kindergarten children and explained to them where I was going for two weeks.
www.savcps.com /news/0604Hugs.html   (1145 words)

  
 Personnel, Northwest Haiti Christian Mission
Diana makes numerous trips to Haiti each year and is responsible for the orphanage sponsorship program and women's ministries in Haiti.
She is also a dynamic speaker and would love to speak at your church, women's retreat, or ladies' day program.
Mary Beth makes numerous trips to Haiti and is responsible for the educational and nutritional sponsorship programs.
www.nwhcm.org /personnel.html   (276 words)

  
 A nation in tatters: Haiti rapidly spiraling out of control: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
GRAN RIVIERE DU NORD, Haiti -- Inspector Narcisse Lacombe cradled an aging assault rifle and swayed uneasily on the porch of this small town's police station -- one of the last in northern Haiti that hasn't been abandoned to anti-government rebels.
Everything is in short supply, except the drugs and booze handed out nightly to steel the nerves of officers and motivate youths manning barricades of downed trees and heaps of scrap metal.
In the town of Hinche, residents spent most of Tuesday diligently stripping the city's huge police station and jail of timber, scrap metal and auto parts as the rotting corpse of a prisoner lay nearby.
www.sun-sentinel.com /news/local/southflorida/sfl-asunhaiti22feb22,0,1950366.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines   (869 words)

  
 Nord Region Map: Abord — Zigue | Haiti Google Satellite Maps
You are in Nord (Haiti), administrative region of level 1.
If you would like to recommend this Nord map page to a friend, or if you just want to send yourself a reminder, here is the easy way to do it.
Let us know the link and short description of any Nord related website (mapping and travel subject preferred) and we will make it public after quick review.
www.maplandia.com /haiti/nord   (800 words)

  
 Haiti Education Partnership   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Jules Casséus, rector of the Université Chrétien du Nord d'Haïti (The Christian University of North Haiti, or UCNH).
Casséus and UCNH board member Pierre Marc visited International Ministries on June 20 for informal discussions with Raul Ruiz, International Ministries’ area director for the Caribbean, Mexico, Spain and Portugal, and Herb Rogers, IM’s registrar for Discovery Teams.
“UCNH is a ministry of the Baptist Convention of Haiti – a partner with IM since 1973,” said Rogers, who served for 30 years as a missionary in Haiti.
www.internationalministries.org /updates/HaitiEducationPartnership.htm   (239 words)

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