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Three weeks after being charged with kidnapping for allegedly trying to transport 33 Haitian children--some orphans, others not--out of the country illegally, eight American missionaries were released on Feb. 17. Two others were kept in Haiti for further questioning. A lawyer for one of the released Americans said the move was a good indicator that the charges against those freed would eventually be dropped...
...selection of the Artist of the Year is based upon an individual’s humanitarian work, according to Harvard Foundation Director S. Allen Counter. Jean, a Haitian-American who founded the Yéle Haiti Foundation, made significant contributions to the relief efforts in the aftermath of the disastrous earthquake that crippled Haiti in January...
When Jean took the stage for the afternoon show, he showed off his crimson Harvard sweatshirt and then performed a rap that incorporated multiple languages as well as his own Haitian background...
...reveal the plans in detail. "Haiti will be a light in the world. What needs to be done, not a human can do it," she says. "There will be seven years of abundance, and Haiti will be a world wonder." Brutus says this message is not just for Haitians today but for their descendants as well, as the diaspora will end and Haitians will return to rebuild their nation. (See the Haitian Prime Minister's recovery plan...
...course, there are skeptics who regard Brutus as a fraud. But she denies any worldly ambitions, insisting she is not associated with any specific organization or political party but is merely a servant of God. Judging by her growing name recognition on the streets of Port-au-Prince, the Haitian masses are being drawn to her message. "Soeur Junon is a prophet. When she says something, you feel it," says Damis Yves, 28. Since the one-month anniversary, Brutus has been making daily rounds of comforting the living. Haitian Evangelical pastor Enesse Joseph, host of a religious program on Radio...