TPS, Gary Bodeau deplores the US decision

Delmas Deputy Gary Bodeau, Questor of the Lower House reacting to the US decision to grant 18 months to nearly 50,000 Haitian TPS beneficiaries to regularize or leave the US, declared "Despite hard work & advocacy, DHS terminated TPS. Haiti, we must seize the opportunity to produce a welcoming environment, attract private investment & create jobs. Compatriots in the U.S., encourage lawmakers to engage in bipartisan

efforts to create pathway to citizenship." See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22759-haiti-flash-tps-more-than-50-000-haitians-will-have-to-leave-the-usa.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22749-haiti-flash-usa-renewal-of-tps-decisive-week.html

Moïse denounces slavery in Libya

"Our African origins and our past as liberators of oppressed peoples exhort us to condemn and act against the return to the chains that is being made in Libya. Haiti denounces with all its might racism and the return to slave practices," declared the Head of State in response to the news.

Trump, appoints a Haitian-American, Ambassador in Africa

The countries of West Africa, Gabon and São Tomé and Principe welcomed the Haitian Joel Danies as a new ambassador appointed by Donald Trump. Joel Danies was born in April 1958 in Jacmel. From September 2011 to 2014, he was Deputy Special Coordinator of Haiti. He also worked as Chief of Staff in the State Department Administration Office from June 2014 to July 2016. Joel Danies speaks French, Haitian-Creole and Arabic.

The MCI makes announcements...

Monday, Daniel Denis, the Director General of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MCI) made several announcements: the launch of the Digital Identity Card (CIP) digitized on December 15; the launch of the Grievance Service next December; the launch of the Electronic Single Window in April 2018 and the move of the Ministry to its new premises in the Champ de Mars in February 2018.

Laureate of the Prix Deschamps 2017

The Deschamps Prize 2017 was awarded to Naïka Céus, a 27-year-old woman, secretary, for her novel in Creole "Tifi"

Moïse talks with « KOZE PEP »

On Monday at the National Palace, President Jovenel Moïse, accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture, met with the peasant organization "KOZE PEP" about the main orientations of his five-year term. The representatives of "KOZE PEP" took the opportunity to share with the Head of State the main difficulties they face in the context of their production activities, particularly in the coffee and fishing sector.

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