Haiti, 9th country with the most refusal of Visa US

Haiti is ranked 9th among countries with the highest refusal rate for American Visa, with a refusal rate of 64.5%, the country with the highest refusal rate is Cuba with 81.9%

Funeral of the Agronomist Claude Grand Pierre

Saturday, the funeral of the Agronomist Claude Grand Pierre, special adviser to the General Directorate and senior executive of the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation, took place at the Saint Pierre de Pétion-Ville church. On this occasion the Director General of the Ministry of Planning Mrs. Magaly Bien Aimé made a homily of circumstance.

The Grenadiers are in Nicaragua

From the Hotel Servotel, near Port-au-Prince airport to Hotel Barcelo in Managua (Nicaragua), via 3 airports (Port-au-Price, Panama City and Managua), the delegation of the Grenadiers settled in the Nicaraguan capital in view of thereturn match of March 28 counting for the playoffs of the Gold Cup 2017, after his victory in the first leg [3-1] https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20460-haiti-gold-cup-2017-grenadiersvictory-against-nicaragua-[3-1].html

240 people in a cave need help

Thanks to the efforts of "Food For The Poor", the community of Fond Rouge Dahère received food. Refugee in a cave since the passage of Hurricane Matthew, 240 people including 84 women and 62 children including babies), live in sub-human conditions and need our help https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20462-haiti-flash-over-a-hundred-haitians-survive-in-a-cave-for-nearly-6-months.html

Haiti celebrates in Mexico City

Sunday 26 March, to celebrate the Francophonie in Mexico 4 Haitian events took place:

Art and religion with the exhibition "banderas voodoo de Haiti";

Haitian gastronomy with Fabiola;

The screening of the film "Port au Prince my city" by Polanco;

Night of poetry with the Haitian poet "Coutecheve Lavoie Aupont".

Economy : Did You Know ?

By deciding for populist reasons not to adjust the price of fuel, the Haitian state has a shortfall of 55 to 75 gourdes on every gallon sold gasoline, diesel and kerosene. From October 2016 to today, losses for the Treasury are estimated at 5.2 billion gourdes. Moreover, in order to support the deficit of the electricity sector (EDH) the Haitian state disbursed from October 2016 to today, nearly 4.7 billion gourdes.

HL/ HaitiLibre