Haitian American Topics

On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, the US embassy in Port-au-Prince Haiti shut its doors, prompting an unusual spectacle outside its premises. The surroundings of the embassy compound have undergone an unexpected transformation into a temporary habitat for visiting goats and dogs.

Didn't President Francois Duvalier abolish elevage libre (Free Breeding) in Haiti and forbid the movement of livestocks within city limits?

Since the closing of the US Embassy, these animals have established their residency near the embassy's vicinity, capturing the attention and raising concerns among netizens across various social media platforms.

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Most Haitians care more about their foods tasting really good than how healthy the food is. That makes me think: Stroke and Hypertension (high blood pressure) in the Haitian community, are they linked to all that extra salt in the way we cook?

Haitians are quick to tell you "I am not a zombie, put more salt in my food" but is it that same salt that is turning many older Haitians into zombies.

Stroke and Hypertension is a problem in Haiti and in the Haitian Diaspora. Too much salt in our diet may be the culprit.

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Born of Haitian parents in Martinique, Karine Jean-Pierre will make history has the first black White House press secretary of the United States. Karine Jean-Pierre will assume office on May 13th 2022.

Both of Karine Jean-Pierre's parents Haitian. They gave birth to her in Martinique and raised her in New York City. Her mother worked as a home health aide, and her father was a cab driver.

Karine Jean-Pierre has been White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary since 2021. She served as the chief of staff for Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris during the 2020 presidential campaign, becoming the first black woman to hold that position.

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Radio Caraibes journalist Robert Celine AKA Bob C. is advising Haitians in the diaspora not to come to Haiti right now because of insecurities that is ravaging the country and causing the lives of just about anybody.

Bob C. spoke about a young Haitian man from diaspora who wanted to spend his birthday in Haiti recently who was just been killed by the bullets of armed gangs in the Artibonite region of Haiti.

One day after his report, Haiti radio news reported another young diaspora woman, native of Lascahobas, Centre department of Haiti, who was either kidnapped or murdered.

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Haiti is not the only place that has seen an increase in violent crimes in the past year. In the United States that has also been an increase in violent crimes and President Joe Biden will speak to the Nation about that today.

According to news reports, since the pandemic there has been a sharp increase violent crimes in the United States and President Biden will let the nation know how he plans to deal with it.

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Have you ever wanted to do something and everyone around you, literally everyone is against it? What do you do in that case?

Sometimes the people around you put you in a bubble, a protective bubble where you are surrounded by their fears, their past mistakes, everything that they are too afraid to do themselves, everything that tried and failed at.

So when you gather enough guts to get up and go for it, to do something you truly believe will workout in your best interest, it is like the poppy-seeds syndrome; they chop your head off so that you stay in line, so that you stay at the same level as the rest of us.

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Here is a photo of Naomi Osaka like you never seen her before. Naomi Osaka in a bikini.

The Haitian-Japanese Tennis champion created a buzz on Instagram late November 2019 when she posted this photo of herself posing for the camera in a bikini and a sexy top.

Having known her when she was just a little girl, I have to say without prejudice, Naomi is all grown up now!

Pa fache non Maxime! Belfim is just making an observation. (inside joke between me and Naomi's dad)

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An article released earlier this month on Investopedia spoke about the advantages and disadvantages of retiring in the United States vs. retiring abroad. For Haitian-Americans who are thinking aproaching retirement, this is definitely a topic worth talking about.

Living in the United States while you are young and still working nine to five is expensive enough. Retiring in the USA is not an option for someone with a tiny retirement check and no money stashed away.

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Haitian-Japanese tennis champion Naomi Osaka just purchased a house in Bervelly Hills California for a whopping $6.91 million.

According to TMZ, Osaka made the purchase back in early August in an off-market deal from singer Nick Jonas.

Naomi Osaka's new home is 4,129 square feet, it has 5 bedrooms and 4.5 baths. it is located high in the mountains above Beverly Hills, California, in a semi-remote corner of the Los Angeles neighborhood known as Beverly Hills Post Office.

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Port-au-Prince, Peyi Lock Haiti, September 30th, 2019 -- I was laying down on my bed, I looked out the window and noticed that the sky was completely grey. Now, this is interesting because just a minute ago the sky was blue and clear.

So I decided to go out to the balcony and take a look for myself. What I found out, to my surprise, was that the city seemed to be entirely up in smoke.

To my right, all I see is black smoke rising from the streets beyond the trees. The sky was barely visible towards the right.

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