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Trinidad andtobabo has offered a contribution of 1 million US dollars to support the election in Haiti

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The former leader of the Black Power Movement and actual Chairman of the Emancipation Support Committee in Trinidad and Tobago Khafra Kambon calls for national boycott of products originating from the Dominican Republic over its decision to deport people of Haitian descent from their country

Chairman Kambon of Emancipation Support Committee demands Haiti issue a boycott against products from the Dominican Republic (DR). It is a response to the DR's policy that strips Haitian descendants of their citizenship.

Kombon says the new policy is based on racism: Dominicans are mainly light-skinned while Haitians are dark-skinned.

Kombon says "It is a crime . . . for us to do things to benefit the . . . Dominican Republic. They are disrespecting all of us."

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This is something we all can learn from. A great act of charity by Haiti women's national soccer team not is rewarded big time.

Trinidad and Tobago women's national soccer team who is in competition with Haiti women's national soccer team found themselves in a hard financial position. According to a message sent on social media, they had reached the point where the team was even unable to afford lunch.

Upon receiving information that the Trinidad and Tobago women's team might not even have enough money for lunch, with their very limited resources, the Haiti's team dig into their pocket to pull their last penny to help. They realized that they only had a total around $1,300. At that point, The Haiti Women Soccer Tean made the decision to turn it over to Trinidad and Tobago team.

Upon hearing of the story, the the Clintons Foundation got involved. The Clinton Foundation makes commitment to support Haiti women's national soccer team not just one time, but long term

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Obeah is associated with both benign and malignant magic, charms, luck, and with mysticism in general.
Obeah or Jamaican folk magic, sorcery, and religious practices derived from West African, and specifically Igbo origin. Obeah is similar to other African derived religions including Palo, Voodoo, Santería, rootwork, and most of all hoodoo. Obeah is practiced in Suriname, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Guyana, Barbados, Grenada, Belize, The Bahamas and other Caribbean countries.
Practiced in: Suriname Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Dominica Guyana Barbados Grenada Belize The Bahamas

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Sandra Honore, native of Trinidad, as Envoy to Haiti. She is the director for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti that has occupied Haiti since 2004.

Honore began her career as an attaché in 1979. She served as a career diplomat for the Organization of American States and monitored the electoral process in Haiti in the nineties.

Honore is succeeding Mariano Fernandez, who wants to pursue an electoral office.

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