Haiti Foreign Affairs

Read this... The United States government has just issued a warning to Haiti that it will lose the $300 million that the U.S. Congress had allocated for Haiti for the fiscal year 2014 if there is no elections at the end of the year...

Yes... There is money, $300 million, set aside for the Haitian government by the State Appropriations Act and pages 1333 and 1334 of the appropriations bill the U.S. Congress passed in January for Haiti states the following:

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"It is time for the Haitian Senate to act and pass the electoral law in the spirit of the El Rancho Agreement so that an election date can be set. The Haitian people have a right to a voice in their democracy through free, fair and transparent elections," Says Florida congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen...

In a press release published by the Embassy of the United States in Port-au-Prince Haiti, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, made the following statement regarding delayed elections in Haiti:

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Haiti President Michel Martelly, accompanied by First Lady Sophia Martelly and Minister of Foreign Affairs Duly Brutus, left Haiti Saturday, April 19 2014, for a visit Taiwan, the Republic of China

This visit, part of the strengthening of friendship and cooperation ties between Haiti and Taiwan, will be an opportunity for president Martelly the President of Taiwan, His Excellency Ma Ying-jeou, to conduct a wide exchange of views on issues of common interest and on developments both regionally and internationally.

While in Taiwan, President Martelly also took the opportunity to visit Haitian students currently studying in the country.

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The United Nations MINUSTAH Forces has been in Haiti since 2004 and, almost 10 year later, the United Nations is intensifying discussions to leave Haiti for good... One reason: an increasingly confident and stronger Haitian police force take control of Haiti's security...

According to an article the Miami Herald, major crimes are seeing a double-digit drop in Haiti because of this stronger police force.

SECURITY: the degree of resistance to, or protection from, harm. It applies to any vulnerable and valuable asset, such as a person, dwelling, community, nation, or organization.

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There is an important meeting today, 7 Jan 2014, in Ouanaminthe between Haitian and Dominican officials to discuss issues such as immigration, commerce, the environment, natural resources, security and natural disasters... This is the first formal meeting between the two sides since the big Dominican denationalization crisis...

On the Haitian side the news is that Haiti Prime minister Laurent Lamothe will lead the discussions...

On the Dominican side, it seems some people are upset because the talks were being held in Haiti instead of the Dominican Republic. Dominican officials alerted the public that these meeting will be held once a month on both side of the border.

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GOOD News for Haiti -- The United States Department of Defense (DOD) says Haiti is no longer among the locations designated as "imminent danger pay (IDP) areas". The DOD said the Republic of Haiti along with eight other land areas would be removed from the Iminitend danger list effective June 1, 2014...

What does that mean?

Well in layman's term... for U.S. Military men, it means they no longer receive the extra $225 monthly should they be deployed to Haiti...

What does it mean for Haiti?

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Dominican Republic Ambassador to Haiti, Rubén Silié, resumed his duties in Haiti Thursday after being recalled for consultation, and staying more than 20 days in DR...

This information was confirmed by the acting Dominican Minister of Foreign Affaires, Jose Manuel Trullolls, who said that the Dominican Republic maintained an open communication channel with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Haiti...

Source: HaitiLibre

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Dominican Presidency chief of staff Gustavo Montalvo said monday 2 Dec 2013, the next few days, the government will submit legislation to naturalize people were born in the Dominican Republic and who can show their roots.

Hmmm... I wonder what "show their roots" really mean...

Does it mean that if your "roots" happen to be from Haiti, you are basically screwed?

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Possible Closing of All Border Haiti-Dominican Markets - Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe is considering closing the markets along the Haiti-Dominican border

These Haiti-Dominican border serve more as points where Dominican products enter Haiti, duty-free, rather than centers of mutual trade. (Defend.ht)

Somebody once told a joke in Fort Liberte. I laughed but it wasn't funny.

The man said:

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