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U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, left, meets with residents of the Carradeux camp, a shelter for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday Feb. 16, 2012. Rice is part of a delegation representing the U.N. Security Council that arrived for a four-day visit to meet with senior Haitian officials and study U.N. operations in the nation.

UN says Haiti police force best body for security

- The Associated Press , Feb 16

Haiti's national police force is the best body for providing security in this poor nation and the government should concentrate on building ... up the force, a senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday.

Political scene

Rudy Moise files to challenge Frederica Wilson for Congress

- The Miami Herald , Feb 19
The Miami Herald

Rudy Moise, the Haitian-American entrepreneur who lost the 2010 Democratic primary for Congressional District 24 to Frederica Wilson, is goi... ng to try for the newly redrawn seat again. Moise filed his candidacy in December.

Immigration

Nearly 700 Haitian convicts released during moratorium on deportations

- The Miami Herald , Feb 18
The Miami Herald

The disclosure by U.S. immigration comes after police revealed one convict released murdered three people in North Miami

Haiti govt says president attacked while walking

- The Associated Press , Feb 17

Haitian President Michel Martelly was attacked as he walked in a Carnival procession in downtown Port-au-Prince, but he escaped unharmed, th... e National Palace said Friday.

For Simmons, event to raise money for Haiti is ‘personal’

- The Miami Herald , Feb 17
The Miami Herald

The picture of a little girl sits on the mantle in the home of Mike Simmons, the head teaching pro at Miccosukee Golf & Country Club. The ph... oto serves as both a painful reminder of a tragedy and a hopeful mandate to help the people of Haiti.

Judge delays decision on cutting Haitian drug lord’s prison sentence

- The Miami Herald , Feb 21
The Miami Herald

A federal judge delayed cutting a Haitian cocaine kingpin’s 27-year sentence by as much as half, saying he wanted more answers about ... the convict’s Port-au-Prince mansion and art collection — including a Monet painting.

The Exchange

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