Word: haiti
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Several paintings by local artist Blondel Joseph, who was born in northern Haiti, were on display in the Lyman Common Room at Agassiz House, along with other paintings, including depictions of the refugee camps at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
...People tend to just see the destruction and the chaos of the political situation, not the more beautiful Haiti," Aime added. She said the media gives inordinate coverage to the U.S. role in Haiti. "We're not just concerned about Americans and what their role is here," she said...
...Every time you see Haiti in the media you see `the poorest country in the Western hemisphere,'" said Laurent P. Alfred '96, the Alliance's political action chair. "It's becoming a title." Alfred added that many misconceptions about voodoo and AIDS in Haiti exist...
Aime, who was born in Port-au-Prince but lived in Gonaive before moving to New York, said the ties between Haitian immigrants in the U.S. and their native homeland remains strong. "I wouldn't say our concerns are that different," she said. "We're both concerned with improving Haiti...
...organization has also conducted voter drives to register Haitian immigrants and is planning an AIDS outreach trip to Haiti next year, Aime said...