Tag: Haiti
Ar Guens Jean Mary and Eguens Renéus
Koze kilti By : Ritzamarum Zetrenne This week, our program puts the spotlight on two exemplary young Haitians who, each in their own way, are shaking up Haitian culture. Ar…
a Frenchman kidnapped by a gang in Port-au-Prince
In Haiti, daily life continues to be marked by gang crime. A Frenchman was kidnapped on Friday in the capital. These crimes have sadly become the risk to which the…
RV Lauture, paths and projects
The Haitian artist Hervé (RV) Lauture, former student of the National School of Arts (ENARTS) looks back on his career and his projects in Koze Kilti. With just over ten…
Haitian Independence Debt: A Look Back at the New York Times Investigation
The journalists of New York Times spent thirteen months consulting archival documents, account books and diplomatic correspondence about what is known in Haiti as the “independence debt”. The story is…
the crushing debt paid to France at the time of Independence
This evening, at 5:10 p.m. GMT on RFI, the Décryptage program is devoted to the crushing debt that Haiti had to pay for decades to France, from which it had…
BRAV, for a mix of voodoo and modern sounds
BRAV, from “Brav gede” a voodoo deity, is a group recently created by former students of the National School of Arts (ENARTS). Their particularity is found in the way of…
Paraguayan drug prosecutor murdered in Colombia
It is on the front page of much of the press in both countries. On Tuesday morning, Paraguayan drug prosecutor Marcelo Pecci was shot dead in Colombia. He was on…
Haitian ‘400 Stupid’ gang kidnapped Turkish citizens for ransom! The embassy in Dominica takes action
Gunmen stopped a tourist bus near the capital Port-au-Prince in Haiti and kidnapped at least 17 people, including eight Turkish citizens, for ransom. Eight other people abducted by the gang…
The Center d’Art launches “Archipelago”, its 276th exhibition
Allenby Augustin, Executive Director of the Center d’Art is in our guest chair this week and tells us about the “Archipelago” exhibition, the centre’s 276th exhibition. This will be held…
concern is mounting among the displaced, more and more numerous due to gangs
The Haitian capital Port-au-Prince remains under siege: even if clashes between gangs in the northern suburbs ceased for a few hours Thursday, May 5, the security situation remains very precarious.…