January 1 is a big deal for me. Not only does it mark the start new year, it also marks Haiti Independence Day (my parent’s homeland). In a successful 1804 revolution, the slaves kicked out the French and Haiti became the first black-led republic in the world. For me the time is spent time with ...

Not quite official yet but last Monday Haitian entertainer Michel Martelly, known to the people as Sweet Micky, won the run-off  in Haitian Presidential Election against candidate Mirlande Manigat. That being said,  official results are not expected until April 16. So will Sweet Micky hold a concert every night?  No. I am hoping that this ...

After seven long years in exile in South Africa, Titide has returned home…for now. Last week Doug Breault, friend from High School, asked me what my thoughts were on Aristide returning. My answer:  Shruggs Granted the return of Aristide a couple days before the Haitian Elections on Sunday did raise an eyebrow, it really doesn’t ...

Every week it seems I hear of election woes with journalists camping out into the wee hours waiting for CEP to bring out the results along with riots and protests. It seem that this entire election process has been drawn out from the choosing of senators and local election officials to the Presidential Election. As ...

I don’t even remember where I was coming from on Sunday January 18 at 6:20PM when I heard Jean-Claude Duvalier made a surprise return to Haiti after being in exile for 25 years but i knew I was on the F.E Everett Turnpike in Nashua, NH heading south towards my parents house when I got ...