A long, uneventful, and crowded flight from JFK International Airport in New York got me to Haiti in one piece. I left the United States in the turmoil of a pivotal election and a difficult economic crisis. I arrived in Haiti still reeling from its own, ongoing economic crisis made worse or course by the U.S crisis, as well as the devastation of multiple hurricanes.
HaitiXchange was recently invited to a Regional Deportee Conference regarding Latin-American deportees from the United States and Canada deported to the Caribbean. The conference was held at the beautiful Villa Creole Hotel in Petionville, Haiti, and had representatives from Haiti (of course), The Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Jamaica. The participants discussed how they have handled the deportee situation in their own countries, as well as the stigma and challenges that deportees may face when they go back to their country of origin.
On Oct. 28, Judge Abraham Gerges sentenced in New York State Court in Brooklyn former Haitian death squad leader Emmanuel “Toto” Constant to 12 to 37 years in prison on six counts of scheming to defraud, grand larceny and falsifying business records.
HaitiXchange caught up with Haitian songstress Emeline Michel who kept it real during a HaitiXchange interview at Solomon’s Porch in Brooklyn. This classiest of women also gave two stunning performances which shows why she deserves to be recognized as the reigning queen of Haitian song.
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