Haitian Diaspora News

Despite all the problems back home, Haitians in the U.S. Diaspora will enjoy time OFF with family and friends this Thanksgiving weekend. Let me take this time to wish you a very happy Thanksgiving 2018 to your and yours...

Jacques Cassagnol, a Journalist in the Haitian Diaspora in Miami, says the message "fòk Jovenel Moise ALE" (president Jovenel has to go) does not register with the Diaspora.

Christine Lagarde, chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said before Haitian-Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka's shock the world when she beat Serena Williams at the US Open last month women's tennis lived in the shadow of the men's game in Japan.

Chinese tennis player Zhang Shuai didn't want to lose at home so she gave Haitian-Japanese Naomi Osaka a run for her money. But the stronger Osaka won 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. Osaka admits, "'It was really hard to play against her here."

All Haitians living with TPS in the United States read this... A judge in San Francisco Califormia has blocked the Trump Administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians and other immigrants from Sudan, Nicaragua and El Salvador.

Many Haitians living in Haiti are shocked when they realize that there is less money coming from the Diaspora than before. Those people back home who relied heavily on the diaspora sending money transfers find themselves with less money to spend in a country where prices seem to be going up everyday...

The number of Haitians with TPS in the United States has been reduced from 59,000 to 25,500 today, says Paul Altidor, the Ambassador of Haiti to the United States?

Haitian-Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka is one match away from winning her second championship within two weeks. Osaka beat Camila Giorgi at the semifinals of the 2018 Pan Pacific Open. She is going to another final.

More good news for Haitian-Japanese Naomi Osaka... After winning her first Grand Slam title against Serena Williams, Osaka has just landed a sponsorship deal with car manufacturer Nissan.

Human traffickers are using Bolivia as an illegal crossing of illegal Haitians from Chile to Brazil. last weekend, more than 100 Haitian immigrants were detained in Oruro and Santa Cruz, Bolivia.