Haiti News News Haiti » Economy: Congress extends HOPE for Haiti's biggest export industry; now awaits Trump's signature
For Haiti, where textiles have accounted for 90% of exports, the extension provides a measure of stability to a once thriving industry battered by political turmoil, gang violence and uncertainty over ...
News Haiti » Economy: Congress Votes to Reauthorize AGOA, Haiti HOPE-HELP For Two Years
Members voted 370-48 to pass the Continuing Resolution bill to temporarily fund the activities of the federal government, with the extension of the Haiti HOPE-HELP and AGOA programs nestled within ...
News Haiti » Economy: Discover the untold story of Haiti's economic downfall
Discover the untold story of Haiti's economic downfall, sparked by the 1978 eradication of the Creole pig, a vital resource for peasant farmers, and explore its lasting impact on the nation's politics ...
News Haiti » Economy: As Congress term ends, time’s running out for Haiti garment industry duty-free access
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The CODEVI industrial park straddles both the Haitian and Dominican border in northeast Haiti. The expansive park has lost 6,000 ...
News Haiti » Economy: Loss of Trade Benefits Sounds Death Knell for Haiti’s Garment Industry
As large swathes of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince have succumbed to gang violence, resulting in surges of killings, kidnappings and sexual violence that have forced more than a million ...
News Haiti » Economy: U.S. bishops urge Congress to renew economic programs for Haiti before the New Year
Residents flee their homes to escape gang violence in the Nazon neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (Credit: Odelyn Joseph/AP.) Listen NEW YORK – Citing the ongoing crisis ...
News Haiti » Economy: Ways and Means Committee Shows Bipartisan Support for Three-Year Renewal of AGOA, Haiti HOPE-HELP
During a mark-up session on Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee discussed advancing legislation offering three-year extensions of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the Haiti ...
News Haiti » Economy: Lakaywood Aims to Transform Cinema into a Powerful Engine for Haiti’s Cultural and Economic Development
The third edition of the Lakaywood Film Festival brought together filmmakers, actors, and film lovers around a shared ...
News Haiti » Economy: 'Haiti is hell': Ohio governor says kicking Haitians out of US hurts economy
The Republican governor of Ohio is speaking out against the Trump administration’s end of deportation protections for more than 300,000 Haitians, saying that terminating the humanitarian program and ...
News Haiti » Economy: As Congress term ends, time’s running out for Haiti garment industry duty-free access
The CODEVI and Caracol industrial parks in northeast Haiti are closer to the Dominican Republic than they are to the gang violence engulfing Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s volatile capital. But that 100-mile ...