PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — They kept the books, had the training and fixed the computers. They were the educated few of Haiti, an up-and-coming generation of nurses, technicians, office managers and college students. Now they’re gone — just when their struggling country needs them most. The Jan. 12 earthquake struck just before 5 p.m., destroying...
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RENÉ PRÉVAL, president of Haiti, has been in Washington discussing how to help his earthquake-ravaged country ahead of a major international donors conference this month. Unsurprisingly, given Haiti’s history of wasted and purloined foreign aid, he is being asked about the perils of corruption and what measures the Haitian government might devise to minimize...
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Haiti’s President; Hat In Hand By Richard Morse I read somewhere that Haitian President Rene Preval was heading to Washington to meet with President Barack OBAMA, “Hat in Hand”. The Miami Herald says that Preval is complaining that though Millions of dollars have already been pledged to Haiti, little is going to the Haitian...
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