`Baby Doc` Duvalier charged with corruption, theft , stuns Haitians
Charges filed against ex-dictator Jean-Claude `Baby Doc’ Duvalier THONY BELIZAIRE / STAFF Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier is arrested January 18 2011 by police in the Karibe Hotel in Port-au-Prince. Police took Duvalier from his hotel Tuesday and headed to the prosecutor’s office, witnesses said Tuesday. The ousted president, who made a surprise…
Haiti: Promises ! Promises ! But No cigar
“Failures of the humanitarian relief system to stem cholera epidemic deaths in Haiti”
Haiti`s Rich: NO help for their own people
Luxury apartments in the hills above Place St Pierre overlook squalid tent camps. Below, a former sweatshop worker, Darline Charles, does her laundry. She says her family cannot afford to move to a new home costing $740 for half a year. PORT-AU-PRINCE // In the colonial-style French restaurant on Place Boyer in Pétionville, the duck…
Here’s another fine mess By Roger Ebert
Here’s another fine mess By Roger Ebert on June 16, 2010 3:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (394) What we can’t seem to accept is that the oil is leaking and we can’t stop it. This doesn’t fit the modern narrative in which we can fix anything if we get organized and throw enough money…
Why did so many people die in Haiti’s quake?
The devastating earthquakes that hit China on 12 May 2008, Italy on 6 April 2009 and Haiti one month ago all measured above 6.0 and took many lives. But why was the human cost so much greater for Haiti? When Pete Garratt, Red Cross head of disaster relief, received an alert on 12 January indicating…
HOPE FOR HAITI
Brazil’s Lula visits Haiti troops Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president, has arrived in Haiti to see for himself the damage last month’s earthquake caused. He will meet Rene Preval, his Haitian counterpart, and visit Brazilian troops at the UN’s new logistical base there. Even before the earthquake, Brazil had a “special relationship” with…
Flying radio station gives warnings in Haiti
Added On January 25, 2010 A U.S. military plane is circling Haiti daily, broadcasting informational radio messages to the stricken country. * Flying radio station gives advice, warnings in Haiti