Haitian Internet Newsletter

The #PetroCaribeChallenge Street protests continue in Haiti. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Port-au-Prince Sunday asking where is the Petro Caribe money.

Watch this video... Haitian artist Sweet Micky (ex president Michel Martelly) and the legendary Roger M. Eugene alias Shoubou of the Tabou Combo Superstars made some funny jokes about PetroCaribe, a hot topic in Haiti right now, before giving a superb performance in Long Island New York.

Are you one of those people who go to church to show off? That's what the priest said in his sermon today. Everyone started to giggle after he said that.

The Haitian government has made available more than 2.3 million school books are part of a book grants program to assist parents and students for the 2018-2019 school year.

Read this... Money remains the main source of happiness in poor and developing countries and therefore in Haiti. This is just one sentence from a new article published in a Haitian newspaper titled "The keys to happiness in Haiti: employment, diaspora, religion and education."

Haitians in Chile asked for help to go home and they got it... The Chilean government announced Thursday the establishment a humanitarian program to allow Haitian citizens who live in Chile illegally to return to their homeland if they wish Watch this video.

There are many parents in Haiti you wouldn't expect that cannot send their children to school this year. It is a very tough situation for many.

Did you know? A survey conducted by St-Luc Hospital and the Maryland Medical Center revealed that only 5 hospitals in the entire country are able to provide appropriate medical coverage 24 hours a day.

Can you believe this? Most of the US Dollars coming into Haiti are leaving the country through the Dominican Republic. 80% of all U.S. dollars exchanged in the city of Hinche Haiti goes to the Dominican Republic. I just heard this most shocking news from someone who is in the business of exchanging currency in the Centre Department of Haiti.

Over one hundred thousand Haitians left Haiti to go to Chile hoping it would be their land of opportunity only to be disappointed at what they discovered. Many of these Haitians want to go back home but the money for the trip back is not easy to come by.