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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is expected to begin the raids in at least 10 major cities on Sunday July 14 2019, targeting thousands of immigrants who have been ordered to be deported, The New York Times reported.

Agents will also sweep up other immigrants who are present for the arrests even if they are not among the targets, according to the paper.

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After a long work week, this young Haitian-American hops on his John Deere lawnmower to cut his grass. No time to think about the stupidities of politics in Haiti.

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June 2019, The Haitian currency is approaching 100 gourdes for one US dollar. All of this Haitian money you see here, it's only worth about 50 dollars US.

If you count it, there is 5,000 gourdes here, once upon a time it was worth about 1,000 dollars US, nowadays it's only worth a measly 50 bucks!

When I was growing up in Haiti, a U.S. quarter was 'Goud e ka' (1.25 Gourdes) and 5 gourdes was equivalent to ONE U.S. Dollar. it was written right on the currency. Read more Haitian Money - Why has the Haitian currency depreciated so much in value?

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Virtually 90 percent of the rice sold in Haiti is American Rice. Whether is says diri Mega, diri Bongu or diri Tchako, it's all American rice. Once upon a time Haiti was self-sufficient in producing rice.

Growing up in Haiti I used to eat diri pilon, diri chode, all Haitian rice grown on the country side.

I remember going to the countryside at my auntie's house she they would hand us kids a quantity of rice with the husk where would put it in a "pilon" and mash the living daylight out of it to remove the kernel (pay diri a) but the rice bran (the outer layer of the rice kernel) and the germ would would remain, all nutritious, all good for you.

Do you know why rice is sole white and why the bran was removed? Read the related article below.

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Times are hard in Haiti these days, the average Haitian consumer cannot afford all the produce needed for the family meal.

Yes, you to market and you see all these foods, rice, corne, beans etc, but the money in your pocket, if any, cannot afford to buy it because most if not all these products are imported and you have to buy it "au taux du jour" (at the current exchange rate).

"The Haitian middle class of today exists between poverty and misery," says Haitian politician Louis Gonzague Edner Day.

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On Monday July 09 2018, the U.S. State Department issued a Level 4: Do Not Travel Haiti Travel Advisory following violent protests that erupted after a hike in gas prices.

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Here is a photo of a graduating class in Haiti.

Promotion Cesare Lombrosso: Sciences juridiques, Promotion Walt Whitman Rostow: Sciences economiques, Ecole de Droit et des Sciences Economiques de Hinche, Haiti, 16 December 2018

Video: facebook.com

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Does Haiti produce any Cement? I don't know but Cement manufactured in the Dominican Republic took over the Haitian market.

All brands from the Dominican Association of Portland Cement Producers (ADOCEM) are sold in Haiti, Cibao Cement, Argos Dominicana, Cemex, Domicem, Andino, Santo Domingo and Panam are all dominican cements sold in Haiti.

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Look at this photo... Haiti - All this Fresh Tomatoes cost 75 Haitian Gourdes, about $1.25 US... Great deal or Expensive?

Note: We purchased these tomatoes at that price on March 01 2016.

3 years later, it is a different story. Read the related articles below for more info.

What do you think about that?

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Here are the photos of the 3 members of the a Little Haiti Florida soccer team killed in North Miami crash Saturday, May 25 2019.

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