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Santiago, Nov 20 (EFE) The current global crisis will cause the number of poor people in Latin America to rise by nine million to 189 million this year, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said in a report presented here. (Haiti Sun)

Santo Domingo.- Homegrown Hollywood movie star and producer Manny Perez will bring his latest film to the countrys most coveted venue, as part of the 3rd Global Film Festival inaugurated by president ... (Haiti Sun)

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says an additional nine million people have sunk into poverty this year. (Haiti Sun)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 20 (IPS) - Under a beating sun in the grassy field where two U.N. helicopters landed in Grand Goave last week, 19-year-old Benson Blanc moved his hands as if rapid-firing a gun int... (Haiti Sun)

Santo Domingo.- Austria’s Development Bank has 100 million euros available for the Dominican Government or businesses interested in investing in renewable energy, whose only requirement is to presen... (Haiti Sun)

SANTO DOMINGO. – U.S. officials warned on Thursday that Dominican Republic and Haiti have become the main bridges to traffic drugs from Venezuela to his country and Europe, a criminal link which inc... (Haiti Sun)

Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Government on Thursday bestowed the Heraldic Order Cristóbal Columbus on the legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif, in recognition of his successful film career . Presid... (Haiti Sun)

recently carried two important pieces of information regarding new challenges and developments in higher education in the Caribbean. The first deals with a statement by the Principal of the Mona campu... (Haiti Sun)

Five hundred volunteers are being sought to house some of the world's poorest people.Housing charity Haven is planning to build on the success of the first build less than a month ago in which 260 vol... (Haiti Sun)

Maurice Bonhomme and Jean Cayemitte grew up in the shadows of St. Joseph School in a seaside Haitian town. They picked passion fruit from trees in the courtyard and played soccer in the nearby fiel... (Haiti Sun)

Opposition Leader Mark Brantley told BBC Caribbean on Wednesday that while the last boundaries change exercise took eight months, the commission was now trying to rush the matter in just weeks before... (Haiti Sun)

Has your wife been harping on you lately about all work and no play? Is she an employee or a partner of your business (or, more likely, are you the employee)? Why not consider a business cruise, allow... (Haiti Sun)

A relaxed Bill Clinton gave the dozens of oversized aluminum fish tanks a once-over and issued his best sales pitch to the busload of foreign investors he had brought along. (MiamiHerald.com)

PRINCE, Nov 20 - Under a beating sun in the grassy field where two U.N. helicopters landed in Grand Goave last week, 19-year-old Benson Blanc moved his hands as if rapid-firing a gun into the ground in front of him and made a "tok-tok-tok-tok" sound.

EDITOR'S NOTE - The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of children still suffer from violence, hunger and disease.

Editor's note: The Huntsville Times welcomes reports of intensive local, national and international mission work by congregations.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A man accused of bilking thousands of Haitian-Americans of millions in an investment scam where he promised to create a "nation of Haitian millionaires" must pay civil penalt... (Haiti Sun)

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Nov. 19, 2009) - A new restaurant with the exotic taste of the Caribbean officially opened its doors in the Old-Montreal in the month of September 2009. In an elegant a... (Haiti Sun)

Santo Domingo. – While tensions from the raging dispute for internal posts continue in the country’s biggest opposition party PRD, and the once powerful but now skeletal PRSC hangs on to the hopes... (Haiti Sun)

Leaders from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are this week furthering talks on plans to establish an economic union, at their meeting in Anguilla. (Haiti Sun)

DOYLESTOWN, PA--(Marketwire - November 19, 2009) - Accredited Business Consolidators Corp. (trading as Italian Oven on the Pink Sheets: ( (Haiti Sun)

SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic is abuzz with talk of gold as opponents criticize the mining contract with the company Barrick Gold, while the GoldQuest Mining Corp announced on Wednesday that it h... (Haiti Sun)

SANTO DOMINGO. - Customs director Rafael Camilo said Wednesday that some of the points in the U.S., Central America, Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (Dr-Cafta) were not well defined and is in ... (Haiti Sun)

The former prime minister of Barbados, Owen Arthur, says the Caribbean is facing its biggest financial challenge, brought on by the weakened global economy. Mr Arthur is currently visiting Belize... (Haiti Sun)

CARY, N.C. November 19, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Minding Your Matters owner Janice Russell, and organizers Kc Coolbaugh and Katie Gracz will travel to Hope for Haiti Children's Center to continue or... (Haiti Sun)

A self-proclaimed investment guru has agreed to a settlement with federal securities regulators over charges he bilked hundreds of fellow Haitian Americans out of $23.4 million, the Securities and Exc... (Haiti Sun)

Has your wife been harping on you lately about all work and no play? Is she an employee or a partner of your business (or, more likely, are you the employee)? Why not consider a business cruise, allow... (Haiti Sun)

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Arabica beans from Central America will be among the highlights of the Taipei Tea, Coffee and Wine Expo 2009 slated to open Nov. 20 at Taipei World Trade Center. (Haiti Sun)

MIAMI, USA (UNHCR) -- With its hundreds of secluded islands surrounded by azure seas, the Caribbean attracts not only tourists but also ruthless opportunists. Smugglers, peddling their services to mig... (Haiti Sun)

An Unprecedented Assembly of Performers, Olympians, Philanthropists and Actors to Preside Over Seven Neighborhoods on the World's Largest and Most Revolutionary Cruise Ship MIAMI, Nov. 18 /PRNews... (Haiti Sun)

However, Caribbean and other ACP countries have said repeatedly that reducing the import duty would eat into their preferential banana arrangements with the EU and put them at a serious disadvantage. (Haiti Sun)