Day: January 24, 2010
Epic task of rebuilding Port-au-Prince is beset by hard strategic questions
BY ANDRES VIGLUCCI AND SCOTT HIAASEN aviglucci@MiamiHerald.com Speaking to an American audience on C-SPAN, the Haitian ambassador to the United States sketched an optimistic future…
In land of manual labor, a tough future for Haitian amputees
BY DAVID OVALLE dovalle@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — Airport lawn-care man Basaney Simon lost his right leg in last week’s earthquake. He fears it will cost him…
Banks reopen in Haiti’s capital-Haiti officials hope the reopening will give a boost to businesses and provide money to begin rebuilding the country.
By Mitchell Landsberg and Tracy Wilkinson Reporting from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti – The earthquake destroyed just about everything Georges Marceau owned, even his shoes. For 10…
A cultural agony in a nation where art is life Haitians rescue works from rubble, grieve the lost and create anew.
By Tracy Wilkinson January 24, 2010 Reporting from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti – At Port-au-Prince’s main art museum, it looked as if a cruel giant had taken…
Bellerive Says Reports of Haiti Violence Aren’t True
By Greg Quinn Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) — Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said today that the country is “calm” and that reports of major violence…
Clinton for Haiti Czar? If the country is ever to develop it will need less cronyism and more transparency.
In the news from Haiti over the past two weeks, images of a grieving Bill Clinton have been almost as constant as the pictures of…
Castro decries US, others sending troops to Haiti
The Associated Press Sunday, January 24, 2010; 9:56 AM HAVANA — Fidel Castro is questioning why the U.S. and other countries sent soldiers to quake-ravaged…
Haiti capital earthquake death toll ‘tops 150,000’
The confirmed death toll from Haiti’s devastating earthquake has risen above 150,000 in the Port-au-Prince area alone, a government minister has said. Communications minister Marie-Laurence…