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Here is a picture of several Haitians, each awarded a box of goodies from the Red Cross. They were the charity organization to receive the largest amount of donations for relief efforts to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. However the Red Cross used most of the fund to reduce their own accumulated deficits and pay their foreign employees huge salaries.

Red Cross steals Hundreds of Millions from Haiti Earthquake Relief

When Haiti was blown off its foundations by the 2010 earthquake, the international community responded, donating hundreds of millions of dollars. The Red Cross was the biggest donor at half a billion.

Suspicious because only six homes had been built in the last five years by the Red Cross, ProPublica investigated, discovering the agency used $100 million to lower their debts and another one-third of donations to cover their overhead.

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Here is a picture of the second most powerful man in Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello along with Haitian President Michel Martelly and U.S. State Department Counselor Thomas Shannon. Cabello and Shannon met in Haiti on Saturday, June 13, 2015 due to an arrangement made by Martelly.

Martelly arranges Meeting between U.S. and Venezuela to ease Tensions

The diplomatic relationship between U.S. and Venezuela has been strained since President Obama called for sanctions against Venezuela for human rights abuses. A meeting between U.S. State Department Counselor Shannon and Venezuelan senior official, Cabello, was arranged by President Martelly.

Shannon has spoken with Venezuelan President Maduro, who is protective of Cabello, accused by U.S. prosecutors of being a cocaine trafficker. Maduro warns "anyone who messes with Diosdado messes with me."

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The sky of Haiti wi become more crowded as Jet Blue will introduce new non-stop Flights From Boston To Haiti.

The new direct flight will begin on Wednesday, June 16, 2015 form Logan airport to Port-au-Prince until September 5. This is the period considered to be very busy travel between Haiti and Boston.

JetBlue adding more flights to Haiti and Cuba

JetBlue Airways, based in New York, has made public it will schedule extra flights to Cuba and Haiti. Now that travel restrictions to Cuba have been lifted JetBlue will run flight service from Tampa to Havana on Fridays.

During the summer months the air carrier will schedule flights from Boston, New York, and Fort Lauderdale to Haiti.

JetBlue partners with ABC Charters, and travelers must contact them to arrange flights to Cuba.

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Here is a picture of the Haitian Singer and dancer Rivelson St-Georges(Rivel S.) who was killed

Simple Boys Vocalist Dead of Gunshot Wound

Assassinations of two music artists have occurred within the past month. Coupe Cloue lost his life on May 26th, and the recent death of Rivelson St. Georges happened on June 13th. He was shot on a Léogâne beach.

Government Youth of Haiti (GYH) has exhorted law enforcement and judicial officials to direct an investigation to catch and convict the killers. GYH stands with Haiti's youth in sending prayers to the grieving families.

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Here is a picture of Red Bulls central defender Andrew Jean-Baptiste.

Soccer Player Andrew Jean-Baptiste gets call from Haiti National Team

Haitian-American Andrew Jean-Baptiste has yet to play a single game as central defender for the Red Bulls in New York. In his fourth year in Major League Soccer (MLS), he hasn't been a starter. Standing in his way are two seasoned central defenders, Damien Perrinelle and Ronald Zubar. But a big break is coming his way. Haiti National Team (HNT) is competing for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and they have called Jean-Baptiste to be on the provisional roster.

At age 22, he can still play on youth national teams, but the camps haven't called him up. They showed interest in the young player, but because he lacked a passport he lost out on that opportunity. HNT has been patient in waiting for his birth certificate, finally found eight months ago in Haiti. But there is still the issue of his passport, yet to be processed. He says it is not problem, the national team will accept him. Once that happens, the passport will be on a fast track to get to him as soon as possible.

Jean-Baptiste is excited about joining the HNT. Ever since the end of his rookie year he has wanted to be with HNT. He understands that "Haiti would be a good opportunity for me, it'd open up a lot more doors . . ." He is talking about getting on the playing field and clocking more minutes. He says it will bring him international opportunities.

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Haiti has a tradition to illustrate the street walls with unique contemporary iconography. They are mostly depiction of hand painted advertisement on the vehicles or display of religious, cultural or political imageries. In most popular expression and forms of Haitian visual arts, including the internationally acclaimed contemporary Haitian paintings, the roots of Haitian voodoo iconography can be easily traced, although it is not fully recognized institutionally. Recently in the late May, the French Institute in Haiti has launched a two week long project named "Street Art, Redesign Common Areas" which started at the residence of the French artist Bault who has agreed to work jointly with the Haitian artists to create collaborative murals to redesign the streets and public places in some of the selected parts in the Haitian cities.

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Here is a picture of the New Court of Cassation In Haiti during its construction.

On June 3, 2015, Yves Germain Joseph, Minister of Planning and External Cooperation accompanied by Rothchild François Jr., the Minister of Communication and Pierre André Richard, Supervisor of construction sites at the Construction Unit of Housing and Public Buildings (UCLBP), visited the construction site of the building of 'Court of Cassation' which is expected to be completed within August 15, 2015. The building is under construction since July 2013, and upon construction, it will have the ability to withstand the threats of earthquake up to the magnitude of 9 on the Richter scale. The project of $16.3 million is funded by the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the construction work is carried on by Taiwanese Oversease Company Engineering Construction with supports of Unité de Construction de Logements et de Bâtiments Publics (UCLBP) and Haitian technicians. The new 3 storied building will cover an area of 4,262 square meters with a parking space for 24 vehicles. The Court of Cassation will have two courtrooms of about 195 square meters each and a conference room of 63 square meters.

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Here is a picture of the Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA) in Haiti.

Recently, on Monday, May 26, the Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA) has released a note expressing its denouncement on the campaign of disinformation and denigration accompanied by veiled threats against its reporting about the formal state officials, to the Parliament. However, as per the note, this act or campaign of intimidation will not affect CSCCA's ability and fairness to judge the acceptability of the public accounts, including the audit of records relating to any former ministers and prime ministers. The CSCCA will take all necessary measures to the person involved in the process including their family members. The CSCCA has been working extra time since January to cope with over 40 number cases pending before the court related to the former managers or ministers of public funds who wished to participate in the upcoming elections. Since the former managers and ministers' involvement with the public fund are under their scanner, it is not difficult to apprehend about the source of threats.

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Here is a picture taken on June 8th 2015 during a Press Conference at The Little Haïti Cultural Center where candidate, Laurent Lamothe, held a town hall to inform the Haitian Diaspora in Miami about the "injustice" that the Departmental Bureau of Electoral Disputes (BCED) did to him.

Recently on June 8, 2015, one of the presumptive presidential candidates, Laurent Lamothe during a Press Conference in the town hall at Little Haïti Cultural Center has told the Haitian diaspora about how he became a victim of the Departmental Bureau of Electoral Disputes (BCED)'s injustice and expelled discriminatorily from the presidential run because he could not produce a 'certificate de décharge'. He has urged the Haitians living abroad to play a greater active role in reshaping the developments of the country with their influences on political, social and economic fronts. During the meeting, he has advocated for their rights to vote in the next election. According to him, Haitian diaspora contribute for about $2 billion per year, which is very significant for the Haitian economy. It would be a great injustice if we welcome their money, but not their knowledge, their expertise and their will and their right to be significantly involved in the political life in their country,

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Here is a picture of Haiti Presidential candidate Moïse Jean-Charles on his horse. It is likely that many of his transportation will be done by horse.

Former Senator Jean Charles Moïse is a contended man who already sees himself as the next Haitian President. He is confident of his victory in the upcoming presidential election from the Platform of the radical opposition "Petit Dessalin". He has challenged his strongest opponent President Martelly and has said that there is nobody in the government or in any international community who can pose a threat to our victory. The election on October 25 would be a simple matter of formality. He has promised that once he is in power, there will be no witch hunt, those guilty of financial crimes will face the consequences. In the upcoming Haitian election, three political parties have submitted a nomination for more than 220 candidates: Fusion of Social Democrats (FUSION) [12 Senate candidates, 86 for deputy], Organization of People in Struggle (OPL) [10 Senate candidates, 83 for deputy] and the Patriotic People's Movement Dessalinien (MOPOD) 6 candidates for the Senate and 30 for deputies

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