Analysis by Michael Reilly At first blush, the earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand on Saturday was the spitting image of the one that ravaged Haiti in January. Each was a powerful magnitude 7.0 quake, and each occurred on a strike-slip fault near a major population center. The similarities end there. Reports out of...
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Earthquake 2010
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
The Haiti and New Zealand Quakes: A Fair Comparison?
Interview de Jean-Claude Duvalier par Deborah Ball pour le Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal Questions were supplied to President Jean-Claude Duvalier in English. He replied in French. Following the English/French version is one in which we have provided an English/English versions so the entire world can absorb the interview. These are followed by a comment by HAITIAN-TRUTH.ORG ***** The interview: 1 .The Swiss and Haitian...
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Haitian survivors find refuge in Dominican Republic clinic
Santo Domingo, Sept. 3 (CNA) Although Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the same island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, they are worlds apart. Haiti is often deemed as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with four of five people living below poverty line. The history of this small, heavily deforested Caribbean country...
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HAITI NOTE:Promising Malaria Drug on the Horizon
02/09/2010 23:11:00 Rachel Howell Stockton Around the world, malaria, transmitted by mosquitoes, is the most significant parasitic disease of humans and claims the lives of more children worldwide than any other infectious disease. Most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, 98% of malaria infections, approximately 243 million cases every year, occur in Africa. An estimated 863,000...
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Social business fund proposed for Haiti
Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, the founder of the Grameen Bank, thinks capitalism with a conscience might be the answer to some of Haiti’s ills. BY JIM WYSS jwyss@MiamiHerald.com The father of microlending, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, is hoping to midwife another idea — this one aimed at pulling Haiti out of the rubble. Yunus...
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Faire taire la presse
Haïti: Depuis quelques semaines, Le Nouvelliste – plus particulièrement ses responsables à titre personnel -, reçoit des menaces d’assignation pour avoir repris une information diffusée sur les ondes par des confrères de la presse parlée. Jusqu’à présent, nous nous sommes abstenus d’en parler dans nos colonnes. Cela arrive dans la vie des institutions, et...
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AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE PREVAL CONTROLLED GANGS: Violence marring Haiti’s recovery The number of kidnappings in the hills above Port-au-Prince has increased as Haiti stands at a political crossroads.
BY TRENTON DANIEL tdaniel@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE August 31– A trio of gunmen stormed a gated home in the well-to-do Pelerin neighborhood, shot dead a Sunrise man and kidnapped a 16-year-old relative. Gregoire-Ronald Chery, 56, died of a single shot to the head. Nadege Charlot, his cousin, continued to be held Tuesday as kidnappers demanded a...
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Haiti Quake a ‘Game Changer’ for Corporate Philanthropy
Leading aid agency expects to see greater corporate involvement in future disaster responses SEATTLE, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As Haiti marks nearly eight months since its devastating earthquake and Chile sees the six-month mark since its own destructive quake, international aid agency World Vision has seen a notable increase in both corporate donations and...
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ELIZABETH DELATOUR-PREVAL CAN HAVE SOME POCKET MONEY: World Bank to give Haiti $55 M
By Azad Ali Published: Monday, August 30, 2010 7:05 PM EDT The World Bank said it will provide $55 million to Haiti to help it address some of its most urgent financing needs as the impoverished country tries to recover form the devastated Jan. 12 earthquake that killed more than 230,000 people and caused...
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Taiwan’s First Lady Left For Haiti on a Humanitarian Visit
By : dpa Taipei – Taiwan’s first lady left for Haiti on a humanitarian visit on Sunday, following the catastrophic earthquake in January which killed 230,000 people and left 1 million homeless.Haiti is among the just 23 countries that recognize Taiwan diplomatically.Chow would express Taiwan’s sympathy to people in Haiti and give away solar-powered...
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