Political
Road Trips and Politics
As many of you may know, we are in the middle of a 3-year project to improve and pave the road between Cayes, on the southern coast and Jérémie, on the northern coast of the southern peninsula of Haiti. We’ve traveled on the “new” road several times in the past few months and each time…
Read MoreMurder Investigation Update
This update refers to my previous blog from December 9th. Yesterday we met with the local government leader who works in the area where the three murders occurred. He said that Thursday night, he was called to investigate the situation and he interviewed several people and summoned the commissioner, or highest government lawyer in Jeremie,…
Read MoreUpdates – Political and Personal
The political situation in Haiti is calm for the moment. The person who was nominated for the position of Prime Minister, Ericq Pierre, was not confirmed by the Parliament, which was a disappointment to us here in Jeremie. Mr. Pierre is from the Jeremie area, and, if elected, he would have helped fix our roads…
Read MoreTorrential Rain
Things have been pretty quiet here in Jeremie for the past week. There have been no further political demonstrations, although people are still unhappy about their dismal economic state and the high price of food. The big news last week was that we had torrential rain for several days. On Thursday morning, the 17th, we…
Read MoreUnrest Update
Today, Thursday, we were able to successfully make it up to our clinic in Gatineau without running into any problems or disturbances. There were about 6-8 places along the road coming out of town where there was black dust on the road and burned steel wires from tires which had been burned there earlier in…
Read MoreUnrest in Haiti
Hello all, Just wanted to write a quick note to let you all know that there has been some political unrest here in Haiti this week. Protests against inflation, the high cost of goods and lack of food were scheduled for yesterday, Monday, all over the country. Unfortunately, in many areas, the protests became violent…
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