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Ships ahoy at Jacmel
; JACMEL, PERHAPs Haiti's prettiest city, sits at the head of a...streets. Today, although its glories have somewhat faded, Jacmel is vibrant with creativity. In fact, it has been called...which ubiquitously color Haiti, the many small shops of Jacmel sell a diverse collection of locally produced items, ...
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An eye in Haiti's storm: Jacmel journal.(Jacmel, Haiti)
; How has JaCmel changed in the last 20 years? an cager...out whatever gains were made and reduced Jacmel to its former decay. True, under both...preparation of Cointreau. A hundred years ago Jacmel was a thriving port. It shipped coffee...
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Edwidge Danticat. After the Dance: a Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti.(Book Review)
; ...the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti. New York. Crown. 2002. 158 pages...collects doors because they are vestiges of Jacmel's architecture but also because of their link to Papa Legba. Jacmel is also described by its history. In pre-Columbi...
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In Haiti, a lost resort Jacmel's streets are filled with fear, not tourists as army reasserts control
; JACMEL, Haiti -- The surf still thunders along a beach lined with...reported in towns across Haiti. No one has been killed in Jacmel, but a number of Aristide backers have been detained without...Beauduy, who denounced such abuses in Parliament. Another Jacmel man, a bureaucrat and church volunteer, was ...
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Jacmel VP dies in plane crash. (Up Front).(Jacmel Jewelry Inc.)(Brief Article)
; ...40, vice president of manufacturing for Jacmel Jewelry Inc. of Long Island City, N.Y...Domingo. Santala, who was in charge of Jacmel's factory in the Dominican Republic, regularly...production circles in the industry. He was with Jacmel for five and a half years and prior to...
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Coastal town nurtures art amid chaos in Haiti; Gallery opens as part of project to support talent.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: THE AMERICAS)
; ...Luxner, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES JACMEL, Haiti - In early March, a few days after...Yet, in the picturesque coastal town of Jacmel, art is being created, not plundered...gallery at his evolving Centre d'Art de Jacmel (rendered in Creole as Fondation Sant...
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Despite problems, film festival goes on in Haiti.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
; Byline: Andrew Maykuth JACMEL, Haiti _ It takes some fortitude to...relief workers and peacekeepers. But the Jacmel Film Festival opened July 9 in this...Patrick Boucard, a Haitian artist born in Jacmel who organized the festival along with...
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Despite problems, film festival goes on in Haiti.
; Byline: Andrew Maykuth JACMEL, Haiti _ It takes some fortitude to...relief workers and peacekeepers. But the Jacmel Film Festival opened July 9 in this...Patrick Boucard, a Haitian artist born in Jacmel who organized the festival along with...
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In violence-racked Haiti, a push to spur tourism Goal is to build resorts, attract cruise ships
; JACMEL, Haiti - On a sunny day in November, Haitian-American hip...capital made such an event impossible. He switched venues to Jacmel's town beach, where tens of thousands of fans gathered...resort-filled eastern side, the Dominican Republic. But Jacmel is a different place from Port-au-Prince. Patrick ...
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The other side of Haiti; carnival, rum, uneasy calm.
; JACMEL is calm. Superficially, little has changed in this sleepy...six-year term. As is the case nationwide, sympathies in Jacmel actually are divided along class lines. The rich are grateful...reduced to putting up latrines. The coffee factory, once Jacmel's chief employer, is closed. Local growers must ...
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