Inside the most cursed country in the world: Haiti

by Rashmee

Posted on July 18, 2021 / The New European


The murder of its president in his own home is yet another chapter in Haiti’s …

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Haiti earns yet another grim distinction: not a single person vaccinated

by Rashmee

Posted on June 20, 2021


/ TRAVELS IN MY MIND I only recently learned that Haiti is the only country …

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Spot the difference: Haitians believe God kills, not germs. For Americans, it’s God not guns

by Rashmee

Posted on October 4, 2017


Before I went to Haiti, my Kreyol instructor gave our class a valuable lesson in …

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Creole diplomacy: ‘We glad yu cum visit. Nuff respect and walk good’

by Rashmee

Posted on March 20, 2015


“Korea and Jamaica a frien from long long time,” says the South Korean charge to …

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Piers Morgan, the N-word & Haitian Creole’s cheerful use of ‘bon neg’

by Rashmee

Posted on November 15, 2014


The rather intemperate debate over Piers Morgan’s insistence that the onus of ending use of …

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Cap Haitien: Can overseas flights make an airport ‘international’?

by Rashmee

Posted on October 4, 2014


Cap Haitien “International” airport opened in northern Haiti on Thursday, with an American Airlines plane …

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Port au Prince: Bad roads, worse driving,appalling arrogant UN vehicles

by Rashmee

Posted on February 27, 2014


Yesterday, we drove to the supermarket near our house and unusually, were back home in …

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Port au Prince has resilient qualities, but it can’t really be a ‘resilient city’

by Rashmee

Posted on February 2, 2014


Can Port au Prince ever be a resilient city? I would argue that it already …

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Here’s how and why Port au Prince, Haiti, uses its head – of broccoli

by Rashmee

Posted on January 28, 2014


It was this recipe that reminded me I might have to wait awhile to roast …

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The Burns Blessing for Port au Prince, Haiti: fare thee weel awhile

by Rashmee

Posted on January 25, 2014


Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK