Haitian Internet Newsletter

If you live in Haiti, chances are you eat Avocado (zaboka in Creole) whenever it is in season, if you are in the Haitian Diaspora, you probably eat it once in a while but did you know that zaboka is considered a superfood?

The PetroCaribe street protest are about to restart in Haiti. Petro challengers regrouped under a structure called "Nou Pap Domi" announced a new street protest Sunday June 09 2019 to force the Superior Court of Auditors (CSCCA) to rendere a judicial decisions, called "arrêt de débet" so the the PetroCaribe judgments process can continue.

My cousin who cooks for us is complaining how expensive tomatoes have become in the local marketplace. 50 gourdes (USD $0.54) for 3 medium tomatoes.

I am looking at the ketogenic diet (keto) while living in Haiti and I wonder if anyone else has tried it and what type of local foods you consume everyday.

Another Haitian police officer, Jean Luckner, was shot and killed Saturday evening in Santo 22, commune of Croix-des-Bouquets by armed individuals.

Haitian importers of petroleum products (gasoline, diesel and kerosene) announced in a letter to the Minister of Economy and Finance, dated May 29, 2019, that their oil companies will soon no longer be able to supply Haiti with these products.

The State Department is now requiring nearly all applicants for U.S. visas to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers. It's a vast expansion of the Trump administration's enhanced screening of potential immigrants and visitors.

True story... I walk in to a currency exchange business in the Dominican Republic to exchange some Haitian gourdes for Dominican pesos and I asked the man: "How much can I get for this good looking Haitian money?" The man laughed and made the most unusual comment.

A delegation of six vehicles were crusing through St Marc en route to Bonbardopolis, Nord-Ouest Haiti, when one of the vehicles was hijacked by individuals who identify themselves as the Arnel Gang.

This morning my cousin walked into the house with a Malta which she was about to drink with salt because, she said, "I feel like by blood pressure is too low."