Haiti Photo Stories

Take a look at this photo... Ex Haiti president Michel Martelly chilling somewhere in the USA with his two best friends, Joseph Lorquet alias Jojo Lorquet and Ronald Nelson aka Roro Nelson.

Byen pase n ap byen pase... Jojo Lorquet, ex-president Michel Martelly ak Roro Nelson k ap byen fè l

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Look at this chart of the Haitian Economic System, the flow of income is flat, it is not circular like in growing economies...

In the Haitian economy, households interact with MERCHANTS who IMPORT goods for household consumption from outside countries.

The money, which comes in large part from the Diaspora, never stay long enough in the Haitian economy to change hands and grow.

Read the related article below: Economics - In Haiti, The Flow Of Income is NOT Circular, That's why we are so POOR

What do you think about that?

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Here is a photo of Haitians migrants disembarking from a Chilean Air Force plane as they return from Chile, upon their arrival at the International Airport of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on November 7, 2018.

Photo credit: REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

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After it was announced by opposition leaders Andre Michel and Schiller Louidor that a street protest would be heading to Petionville this Friday November 23 2018, to "tallk the rich people in Petionville into letting go of President Jovenel Moise," Haitian police took the initiative to prevent these protesters from reaching that destination.

At Delmas 60 agents of the CIMO unit of the Police National barricaded the road and threw lots of tear gas in an attempt to disperse the protest.

As of 2pm Friday, journalist were beginning to announce that the protest was falling apart.

Stay tuned for updates.

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Sometimes it is difficult to understand which direction Haiti is going. Sometimes, the country is simply upside down (tet anba!)

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Funeral in Haiti - The "Fanfare" (New Orleans style funeral procession)

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I Haiti, the music band that accompanies the funeral is called the Fanfare. trumpets, trombones, drums, it is really a New Orleans style funeral procession in downtown Hinche Haiti.

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Every year in Haiti on November 1st, All Saints Day, many Haitians dress in white, black, purple, and go to Haiti's main cemetary, Cimetière de Port-au-Prince, to honor their dead

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Netflix will make a CG-animated feature film inspired by the childhood of Haitian singer and The Fugees co-founder Wyclef Jean.

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Here is a photo of Haitian-American rap superstar Wyclef Jean posing in front of a mural of himself unveiled in Newark New Jersey, Monday October 15 2018.

The mural of Wyclef Jean was painted by Englewood artist Camille Cote.

Wyclef was there for the official ceremony held by the Grammy Museum Experience Prudential Center.

See more photos at northjersey.com

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