Haiti’s prime minister is pursuing his defamation case against a Haitian-American journalist. Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and South Florida businessman Patrice Baker originally sued Leo Joseph in September over his reporting in the New York-based Haiti-Observateur. A federal judge in Miami initially sided with them, but she reversed course earlier this month and ordered them to [...]
US Judge Backtracks in Haiti Prime Minister’s Defamation Case
April 11, 2013 | Posted by
A federal judge in Miami is backtracking a ruling that barred a Haitian-American journalist from writing about Haiti’s prime minister. Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and a South Florida businessman, Patrice Baker, had sued Leo Joseph of Haiti-Observateur for defamation in September over his reporting of the sale of a telecommunications company acquired by Haiti’s government. [...]
New Haitian Prime Minister Outlines His Plans To Rebuild Haiti – Will It Work?
May 17, 2012 | Posted by
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti’s latest prime minister is a tech-savvy, driven decision-maker who is determined to drag this pen-and-paper society into modernity as he strives to break the cycle of misery. But Laurent Lamothe, a close friend and former business associate of President Michel Martelly, also is a political novice who officially took over the second [...]
