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British American Tobacco dona 77 casas para Haití [British American Tobacco donated 77 houses for Haiti] 

British American Tobacco (BAT) has donated USD $ 193,165 to the international organization "A Roof for my country," money that is earmarked for the construction of 77 housing solutions for families affected by earthquake in Haiti. . . .

This money is the result of a global gathering, coordinated by British American Tobacco Caribbean and Central America (BATCCA), which received donations from both corporate offices worldwide (USD $ 78,875)-including a contribution of BAT - Dominican Republic as well as contributions Voluntary employee of this company on the planet (USD $ 35,815). For its part, BATCCA regional office, based in Costa Rica, contributed an additional $ 78,475 USD.

"For British American Tobacco social responsibility is a priority, therefore we are proud to contribute to building a better future for the Haitian brothers," said Tiana Suriel, Corporate Affairs Manager of BAT-Dominican Republic.

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Detroit cigar bar hosts fundraiser for Haitian children tonight  

La Casa de la Habana Cigar Lounge will host a Haitian Children Relief Fundraiser from 6-10 p.m. tonight. The informal event will include a wine tasting, cigar sampler, Haitian music and a chance to win tickets to see the Russian Classical Ballet at 8 p.m. Saturday at Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Detroit. Donations will go to UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund).

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Cigar Industry Sends Aid to Haiti 

Many premium cigar companies have joined the world effort in providing aid to Haiti after last week's earthquake devastated the country. Altadis U.S.A. Inc., La Aurora S.A., Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia., Manufactura de Tabacos S.A. and General Cigar Co., all of which make cigars on the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, are sending relief in the form of money, medicine and food.

Altadis U.S.A., through its Montecristo Relief Organization, donated $25,000 to Food For the Poor, a group that was already active in Haiti before the earthquake hit on January 12. In addition, the Montecristo Relief Organization will match dollar for dollar up to $125,000 in contributions made by Altadis U.S.A. employees, customers, consumers and vendors donated by February 15.

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• Reynolds American Foundation donates $100,000 for Haiti earthquake relief (PDF) 

Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) announced that the Reynolds American Foundation has approved a donation of $100,000 to the American Red Cross to help provide relief to the hundreds of thousands whose lives have been devastated by the worst earthquake in Haiti in 200 years.

“Anyone watching the news coverage is aware of the horrible destruction and loss of life caused by this earthquake,” said Steve Strawsburg, president of the Reynolds American Foundation. “Given the magnitude of this disaster, the foundation board felt it was important to help those in need.”

In addition, he said, the foundation plans to match, dollar for dollar, earthquake-relief contributions from employees of Reynolds American and its operating companies.

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Immigrant Laborers From Haiti Are Paid With Abuse in the Dominican Republic 

The tobacco fields are being planted a little late this year because the Haitian immigrants who work them were driven away by threats of a lynching.

The troubles in this farm town in the country's northwest started in late September, with allegations that a Dominican worker had been killed by two black men. Too angry to wait for a trial, local Dominicans armed themselves with machetes and went out for vengeance.

"Where there are two Haitians, kill one; where there are three Haitians, kill two," said leaders of the mobs that descended on the immigrants' camps, the Haitians here recalled. "But always let one go so that he can run back to his country and tell them what happened."

Several Haitian workers were beaten by the Dominican mobs, said Jacobo Martínez Jiménez, an immigrant organizer. . . .

"The problem is that there is no real justice," said Francisco Cabrera, who rents a few dozen acres of tobacco land here and uses Haitian laborers. He said the police rarely tried to stop attacks on them. "So people take justice into their own hands."

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Haiti signs $40 mln deal to build Hilton hotel 

In an attempt to jump-start its tourism industry, the Haitian government signed a $40 million contract with an investor group to build a Hilton-operated hotel in the capital of the turbulent Caribbean nation.

Haiti's tourism and finance ministers and representatives of Caribbean Hotel Ventures and the Comme Il Faut Tobacco Company, signed an agreement on Tuesday, extending tax breaks and other economic incentives. The investor group said the 10-year contract, which is open for renewal, would enable their companies to build the hotel.

Caribbean Hotel Ventures will own the hotel, which would be managed by Hilton Hotels Corp. (NYSE:HLT), the executives said. [This graph only]

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