TITANYEN, FEBRUARY 1, 2020 Yesterday, I took part in a memorial service for over 50,000 of my Haitian friends, buried in a mass grave at Titanyan, a lonely, desolate spot, located on the road between Port-au-Prince and St Marc. I will never be the same. It was an arid stretch of hillside, with not...
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By Peter Slevin Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, February 2, 2010; 1:39 PM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Children are increasingly suffering health problems from the hardships of Port-au-Prince’s crowded encampments, according to international medical workers who predict the situation will worsen as Haiti continues to reel from the Jan. 12 earthquake. Food is scarce, the...
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Haiti’s voodoo high priest has claimed believers have been discriminated against by evangelical Christians who are monopolizing aid sent to the earthquake-stricken country. Max Beauvoir, Haiti’s “supreme master” of voodoo, alleged his faith’s opponents had deliberately prevented much-needed help from reaching followers of the religion, which blends the traditional beliefs of West African slaves...
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