Haiti has rejected 77 tons of food aid from México due to "swine flu fears," according to Mexican Ambassador Zadalinda Gonzalez y Reynero. Nearly one of four children in Haiti suffer from chronic malnutrition. (via Foreign Policy)

The Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, is no longer granting citizenship to the Dominican-born children of Haitian immigrants. By contrast, the United States grants the U.S.-born children of all immigrants full citizenship.

Haiti is facing a "major food crisis" if countries around the world do not intervene, says Pedro Medrano of the United Nations' World Food Program.

Haiti's senate voted to remove the country's prime minister after more than a week of riots over food prices. The cost of food in Haiti has increased by 40 percent in the last year. The majority of Haiti's citizens live on less than two dollars a day.

Soaring food prices in Haiti are causing a growing number of the country's impoverished to eat cookies made of dirt. Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic and was the second state to declare its independence in the Americas. (via FP Passport)

Venezuela's congress gives actor Danny Glover $18 million to direct a movie about Toussaint Louverture, the leader of an 18th-century slave revolt in Haiti.