COVID Cases Spike in Haiti, As Vaccines Run Low
• Haiti has been the COVID-19 exception in Latin America and the Caribbean – with one of the region’s lowest per-capita case and death counts.
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• Haiti has been the COVID-19 exception in Latin America and the Caribbean – with one of the region’s lowest per-capita case and death counts.
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• A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that thousands of people living in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status are ineligible to apply to become permanent residents.
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• For election season, young Haitian Americans are using cultural platforms on social media to advocate for political and economic empowerment within their communities. WLRN’s Wilkine Brutus talked about that with Vanessa Joseph, an immigration lawyer and City Clerk of North Miami.
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• Rebuild Globally is headquartered in Orlando, but their sandals, bags and accessories are made in Haiti. Founder Julie Colombino explains how she saw an opportunity to turn discarded tires into hard-wearing, fashionable footwear.
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• Hurricane Matthew killed as many as 1,000 people in Haiti before barreling up the East Coast of Florida. Pastor Francis Myrtil is a member of Orlando’s Hatian community and has a church on back on the Island. Pastor Myrtil explains how the government and aid organizations are in a disagreement over where relief funds should go.
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• A group of Florida nurses has landed in Port-au-Prince Haiti for a medical relief mission after Hurricane Matthew devastated the country. Members of the Haitian American Nurses Association and fellow volunteers made their way to the country’s southwest peninsula to establish pop-up clinics in three badly hit rural areas.
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• Haitians across central Florida are pulling together resources after Hurricane Matthew devastated part of Haiti, killing more than 1,000 people there. Local churches, residents, and government officials are preparing to send medical and construction supplies and food.
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