Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
Apparel imports into the US from Haiti soared by 46% in the first eight months of this year, thanks in part to tariff benefits under the US Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). In the Ninth Report to Congress on the Operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, the office of the US Trade Representative...
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By Associated Press, PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund says it hopes $1.5 million in grants will help Haiti build its hotel, education and technology sectors. The nonprofit created by former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush said Tuesday it’s given a $264,000 grant to the Oasis Foundation that seeks...
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by MARK SCHULLER In many senses the lack of progress following Haiti’s earthquake centers on housing. Assessing the damage, a team evaluated 382,256 housing units in Port-au-Prince. Of these, 205,539 were tagged “green,” ready for human habitation, 99,043 “yellow,” requiring significant repair, and 77,674 “red,” which were so damaged so as to require demolition....
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A 767 with 506 pounds of boxed toys is to take off from Miami Thursday. NBC Miami: Some local pilots aim to beat the Christmas rush for children still suffering from the earthquake that devastated Haiti nearly two years ago. Organizer Rick Sante, with Airlift Flyers Aviation, is making sure the toys arrive for...
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xinhuanet.com:UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — The United Nations takes seriously the accusation that it may have caused a 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti, UN spokesman Farhan Haq said here Friday. “The United Nations has taken this matter very seriously,” Haq said at a daily news briefing in response to a reporter’s question about...
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Almost seven thousand people have died of cholera in Haiti over the past year. It’s by far the largest outbreak in the world today. But how did a disease – which has been absent from Haiti for over a century – arrive in the country? Poor sanitary conditions at a United Nations camp are...
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Works from artists such as Laura Heyman, Jesse Darling, Andre Eugene, Peter Anderson, and Jean Herard Celeur from the biennale’s inaugural edition in 2009. In December 2009, a group of local and international artists presented at the first-ever biennial in the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince, mixing art with street culture in the cleverly-captioned “Ghetto...
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New research confirms that extreme weather and deforestation can cause earthquakes. Bryan Nelson: If you ever doubted that human action was capable of profoundly effecting the Earth’s ecology, consider this: Scientists now believe that our mismanagement of the environment is quite literally causing the Earth to shake. New research has confirmed a correlative link...
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Time.com: By Susana Ferreira / Port-au-Prince Cholera hit Laurent Jacnel on a Sunday night last June. He was at home, in a Port-au-Prince tent camp for Haitians displaced by the February 2010 catastrophic earthquake, with abdominal pain so severe he refused the dinner his wife cooked and went straight to bed. By 6 a.m....
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The TV talent is expected in Port au Prince Sunday evening to visit a settlement camp for displaced people run by Hollywood actor Sean Penn and meet with fashion designer Donna Karan on Monday. By TONY FRASER Associated Press PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Haitian President Michel Martelly says he’ll host Oprah Winfrey on...
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