MiamiHerald.com: Haitian Link http://www.miamiherald.com/haitian-link/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Haitian Link http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/haitian-link/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2012 MiamiHerald.com Haitian Link 60 Sun, 27 May 2012 03:59:07 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com <![CDATA[Curley band, choir ring in the spring]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/21/2778172/curley-band-choir-ring-in-the.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/21/2778172/curley-band-choir-ring-in-the.html Tue, 01 May 2012 18:27 EDT

Archbishop Curley Notre Dame Troubadours instrumental ensemble and Knightingales choir group performed a spring concert at the Little Haiti school on April 26. The Troubadours, a secondary school community band, consists of students from various local schools. The group performed both classical and contemporary selections.

]]> <![CDATA[Haiti marks one year with Michel Martelly, the singer-turned-president]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/12/2796979/haiti-marks-one-year-with-michel.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/12/2796979/haiti-marks-one-year-with-michel.html Sat, 12 May 2012 22:22 EDT

Michel Martelly remains popular with the poor and with celebs and world leaders, but not everyone is impressed with his first year.

]]> <![CDATA[MOCA panel to explore Haiti’s cultural recovery]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/11/2794634/moca-panel-to-explore-haitis-cultural.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/11/2794634/moca-panel-to-explore-haitis-cultural.html Fri, 11 May 2012 11:44 EDT

A Haitian-inspired fashion exhibit will serve as the backdrop for a panel discussion on the state of Haiti’s embattled culture after the devastating 2010 earthquake.

]]> <![CDATA[Prestige, a Haitian beer, takes Gold Award at World Beer Cup in San Diego]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/06/2786372/world-beer-cup-winners-announced.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/06/2786372/world-beer-cup-winners-announced.html Sun, 06 May 2012 12:50 EDT No Florida winner, but a Haitian beer, Prestige, takes a gold award.

]]> <![CDATA[Community Service Across the Americas]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/15/2800534/volunteer-vacations.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/15/2800534/volunteer-vacations.html Wed, 16 May 2012 18:46 EDT

This summer, some students and young adults are spending their vacation time traveling abroad to Latin American and Caribbean countries to help those less fortunate.

]]> <![CDATA[New Haiti PM touts anti-poverty, pro-investments agenda]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/15/2803074/new-haiti-pm-touts-anti-poverty.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/15/2803074/new-haiti-pm-touts-anti-poverty.html Wed, 16 May 2012 21:32 EDT

Haiti’s new Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe took office and immediately got to work, declaring ‘we have four years to develop this country.’

]]> <![CDATA[UN concert planned to aid slave trade memorial]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/14/2799536/un-concert-planned-to-aid-slave.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/14/2799536/un-concert-planned-to-aid-slave.html Mon, 14 May 2012 21:14 EDT A gala concert in the United Nations General Assembly Hall on Tuesday will raise funds for a planned monument to the transatlantic slave trade, an initiative being spearheaded by Caribbean and African nations.

]]> <![CDATA[ Wreath, new government mark Martelly’s first year at helm in Haiti]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/13/2799534/wreath-new-government-mark-martellys.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/13/2799534/wreath-new-government-mark-martellys.html Mon, 14 May 2012 21:00 EDT

Haiti marked the first year of President Michel Martelly’s presidential term by welcoming a new Prime Minister and government after almost a three-months political vacuum.

]]> <![CDATA[ Business plan competition launched for Caribbean, diaspora entrepreneurs]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/08/2789767/business-plan-competition-launched.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/08/2789767/business-plan-competition-launched.html Tue, 08 May 2012 16:28 EDT U.S. State Department launches $100,000 business competition to spur jobs in the Caribbean through partnerships with members of the Caribbean diaspora living the U.S., Canada and the U.K.

]]> <![CDATA[Haiti’s rebranding itself as tourism destination]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/08/2789889/haitis-rebranding-itself-as-tourism.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/08/2789889/haitis-rebranding-itself-as-tourism.html Tue, 08 May 2012 18:03 EDT As the Caribbean’s tourism market rebounds, Haiti hoteliers look to get a piece of the action.

]]>