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  • n  the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
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  • Most dangerous city: San Pedro Sula, Honduras
    San Pedro Sula, Honduras, has been given the unfortunate title of the most dangerous city in the world. The data was compiled by Citizen Council for Public Security, Justice, and Peace, a Mexican think tank focusing on crime statistics from the Western Hemisphere. The city tops the list for the second year in a row. Photographers Jorge Cabrera of Reuters and Esteban Felix of Associated Press ...
    June 28, 2013 - Boston Globe
  • Modernization of fishing industry drives Haiti's socio-economic development
    By Rosenie Mont-Gerard ANSE-D'HAINAULT, Haiti (GPI)-- Challenging Haiti’s moniker as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, one entrepreneur has enabled fishermen to capitalize on the ecological bounty of their coastal community by increasing access to modern techniques and equipment. Agriculture, including fishing, accounts for 50 percent of jobs in Haiti. The fishermen are now sharing ...
    June 25, 2013 - UPI
  • Haiti to Get Inter-American Development Bank Water-Service Grant
    Haiti, the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country with about 80 percent of the population living on less than $2 a day, will get an Inter-American Development Bank grant to expand water services in the capital.
    June 24, 2013 - Bloomberg

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