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Haiti Welcomes Bill Clinton, But Is It Ready To Welcome Hordes Of Tourists?
Last time we tried to visit Haiti, we were turned around on account of safety concerns surrounding a presidential election in the country, and it probably doesn't help that a friend's entire family fled the country years ago. These are the type of negative views on Haiti that former president Bill Clinton seeks to reverse in his position as a special envoy to Haiti. He made another visit to the struggling country and specifically addressed the need for tourism. So, are you ready to head to Port-au-Prince for a weekend away? But what we really should be asking is if Haiti is ready for you.
In his goodwill trip to encourage tourism, Clinton didn't exactly take the most tourist-friendly route:
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Celeb Do-Gooder Travel: In Haiti, It's Matt Versus Ike
Matt Damon and musician Wyclef Jean help deliver food to one of the many cities in Haiti affected by Hurricane Ike this week. The island nation has been slammed by four tropical storms this hurricane season, leading the Haitian-born Jean to organize a special UN aid effort there with Matt's help.
Meanwhile, a performance in which Damon played, shall we say, a supporting role took home an early Emmy on Saturday.
The Emmys aren't till next Sunday, but the Creative Arts Primetime ceremony bestowed a statuette on comedian Sarah Silverman's kiss-off to ex-boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel, "I'm F#@&ing Matt Damon." Ben Affleck was not thanked for his role in Kimmel's follow-up regarding the actor and the TV host's special relationship.
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· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: AP via Yahoo]
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UFO Travel: Nice Try, Haiti
Yes, it's been outed as a genuine fake, but we've got to give credit for this reasonably good hoodwink. Plus, as alien fakes go, it's a lot more pleasant to look at than that alien autopsy that Fox was showing off a few years back. Ick.
Back on August 6th, a video of flying saucers was uploaded to YouTube, allegedly shot on location in Punta Cana. This was followed on August 9th by another video of alien craft gliding over another tropical beachfront, this time listed as Haiti. A heated debate over the authenticity of these videos ensued, garnering the Haiti video more than 3 million views.
As an army of skeptics descended, small doubts swelled due to little matters such as the same palm trees showing up in two clips shot hundreds of miles apart and the background's similarity to that of an advertisement for a popular CGI software.
Were this something more clever and coordinated than a homebrewed hoax, it could be the start of one hell of a viral ad campaign for getting paranormal buffs to tour Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Think about it: just south of the Bermuda Triangle, the island of Hispaniola is hurting for some love from the little green men (and little green tourist bucks). Plus, how hard is it for anywhere in the Caribbean to get good press during hurricane season?
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