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From the blogs

Tande reviews the haitian-authored book Refonder Haiti?  (FR)

Caracas-based Balanced Melting Pot celebrates the holidays.

Ekspoze which I usually quote on politics, weighs in on controversial statements by Kreyòl La singer Ti-Joe Zenny. Also in music, www.culture509.com announces a duet between Haitian singer Jean Jean Roosevelt and Guadeloupean songstress Krysstal  as well as Oprah Winfrey's upcoming visit  to record a show (FR).

The Haiti Cultural Exchange blog offers accounts of the latest An n' Pale Café Conversation with Haiti-based author Evelyne Trouillot.

Rapadoo Observateur reports on growing solidarity with Haiti in Latin-American and other countries towards ending the UN military presence. 

The Haitian Queen provides updates on Trinidad & Tobago carnival 2012.


MNI Alive's list of Caribbean superfoods includes coconut and its oil, a multi-purpose health and nutrition elixir I have coincidentally been experimenting with.  Excellent skin and hair moisturizer, dental hygiene aid and cooking oil!


In the News

Haitian tourism minister at Miami arts festival and end to arms embargo. (Haiti Libre)

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Topics include the upcoming FANM fundraiser in Miami, poetry and history event at the NY Historical Society on January 12, Metro News for last Friday, Digicel Stars 2011's likely winner (VIDEO), the Fanal New Year's tradition in Haiti and renewed allegations of funny accounting at Wyclef Jean's charity.

"Kaleb" at Haiti Cultural Exchange Film Fest last weekend #PHOTOS #VIDEO

This film by Kervans Barthelemy starring Atibon Nazaire and Caroline Memnon was greeted by a standing ovation at the HCX filmfest at LIU's Brooklyn campus last weekend. HCX executive director Régine Roumain said it was the only film at the festival dealing with the Haitian diaspora experience and one of the best attended. It is hard to believe that filmmaker Kervans Barthelemy is only 25 as this work is going to have a major impact. Cast and crew were all present at the screening and were asked to stand up.

Other films included Children of Haiti for which I moderated the Q&A,  Moloch Tropical by Raoul Peck, When the Drum Is Beating which aired at the opening night fundraiser, Jean Gentil, Gospel of the Creole Pig, various Jacmel-based Ciné Institute student pieces and Arnold Antonin's latest work. View the festival's program and film details  here.

There are two Kaleb trailers but my favorite is this one:





Visit www.kalebthemovie.com for more.

HCX exec director Régine Roumain embraces Atibon Nazaire. Kervans Barthelemy is to the left.

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Topics include Martelly's National Education Fund, Thierry Mayard-Paul and the Bélizaire affair, Haitian-Americans United for Hope's upcoming gala in Baldwin, NY.



Metro News offers a segment of Martelly's speech to the nation on his desire to move on from the Bélizaire debacle, an interview with ex-General Acédius Saint-Louis on  misconceptions about the role of Haiti's army in past coup d'états, more on cholera and a car giveaway by Delimart.

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From the blogs


CaribJournal interviews Farah Larrieux, who hosts the TV Show Haiti Journal in Florida.

Culture509 chronicles Haitian singer Jean Jean Roosevelt's successful Guadeloupe tour.

Kreyolicious profiles Brooklyn-born actor Frantz St.Louis.

Le Coin de Pierre deplores the Bélizaire debacle given the experience of all the actors involved.


News

Martelly wants a blank slate after Bélizaire crisis.

New campus for State University of Haiti.

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News


Forum held by Prime Minister on future of Port-au-Prince. (HPN)


From the Blogs


Love Haiti deplores Martelly's lack of diplomacy in his efforts to recreate the army, emphasizing signs of US disapproval while Réseau Citadelle highlights that when Aristide demobilized FADH in the 90s he vowed to create an alternate defense force. 


Jean-Came Poulard advocates for citizen responsibility on Dièz ak Bémol.

The Bibliothèques sans Frontières blog provides an update on digital librarian training at BNUEH.

Vague du Futur (a Fokal project) has updates on youth leadership training in Côte-Plage and the club's participation in the upcoming Quatre Chemins theatre festival in P-au-P.

Video

Metro News for Tuesday headlines justice minister Josué Pierre-Louis's resignation, Toussaint Louverture airport anti-seismic renovation, the prime minister's Port-au-Prince reconstruction forum and Henfrasa in Delmas' need for evacuation.

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Highlights

Politics
Parliament demands Martelly apology for Bélizaire debacle.
International conference in Cap-Haitian about MINUSTAH withdrawal. (Alterpresse)  (My most retweeted post today!)

Arts and Culture
Theater fest organized by Fokal.
Haitian recycled art exhibit  in Paris.


From the blogs
Ilio Durandis on volunteering in Léogane. (CaribJournal)


Videos
Miss Haiti has a reunion in New York with Miss Universe (Angola) and Miss Jamaica.
Monday's Metro News  with a focus on Martelly's latest declarations on the creation of a new defense force and reactions by MOCHRENA and former general Assédius Saint-Louis. (See below.)
More Digicel Stars.











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kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Friday, Nov. 18, 2011 #Haiti

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Topics include Martelly's visit in Cuba and more.