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Congressmen who met in Haiti now working across aisle

WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Chris Gibson and Democratic Rep. Raul Ruiz first met at a golf course in Haiti. It was January 2010, and Haiti…

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Deadly voyages devastate Haitian island

Desperation trumps risks in offshore Haiti island as illegal migration spikes and dozens die. By jacqueline charles jcharles@MiamiHerald.com ILE DE LA TORTUE, Haiti — Three…

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Orphanage Built in Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

13wham.com Haiti – “When you see the abject poverty you get a little depressed. You have it better than they do. Then you try to…

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Haiti PM pursues investors at Davos

Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY 5:16 p.m. EST January 24, 2014 “I’m here in Davos to make the case to the most important people in the…

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Haiti talks in bid to end political crisis

A man holds a Haitian flag as he takes part in a protest demanding that Haitian President Michel Martelly step down in Port-au-Prince on Jan…

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Haitians line up to apply for visas outside the Brazilian embassy in Port-au-Prince November 22, 2013.

In 2012, Brazil approved a humanitarian visa policy for Haitians, two years after an earthquake on their island left many in dire poverty, and thousands…

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A Burgeoning Hacker Culture in Haiti

BY Jessica McKenzie | Thursday, January 23 2014 A scene from the 2013 Haiti hackathon (EricGoldhagen/Flickr) Haiti’s first hackathon ever took place only one year…

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Le Premier Ministre Laurent Lamothe à Davos

Le Premier Ministre à Davos dans le cadre de sa participation au 44ème Forum économique mondial

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Sean Penn’s Homeless Camp in Haiti Clearing Out

By TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press A country club golf course that became a refuge for tens of thousands of people left homeless in Haiti’s capital…

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3.3 Earthquake in Carrefour

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Lessons from the Haiti earthquake: Finding a better way to distribute aid

Four years ago this month an earthquake devastated Haiti, causing the deaths of as many as 316,000 people. I flew to the country four days…

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Saturday, January 11, 2014 HAITI 12 JANVYE 2014: APRE 4 LANE KÈK CHIF KE NOU TA DWE KONNEN pa Stanley Lucas

Apre 4 lane depi ke goudougoudou pase sou Ayiti tout moun ap mande kote mas lajan key o bay pou peyi nou pase?  Mwen di…

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OASIS HOTEL ON VERGE OF SUSPENDED ANIMATION

STAFF REPORTS SEALING OFF ROOMS AND PERSONNEL CUT BACKS IN A 5 STAR PROJECT THAT NEVER HAD ROOM SERVICE OR EVEN A SODA MACHINE IN…

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Four years after the Haiti earthquake, what have billions in US aid bought?-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In the four years since Haiti’s disastrous earthquake, the United States has promised $3.6 billion in aid, at least $2.8 billion of…

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Of the 68 earthquakes worldwide in the past 24 hours, 55 have been on the North coast of Puerto Rico

It was 54 a second ago, but there is another one letting go right now…. We should all turn to the person beside us, and…

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4 Years Of Oklahomans Helping Haiti Through Mission Of Hope

By Deanne Stein, News 9 – bio | email A little boy sits next to his house in a refugee camp for displaced people in…

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Four years after quake, Haitians remember their dead, celebrate life

By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@MiamiHerald.com LÉOGANE, Haiti — They prayed underneath tarps held together with plastic pipes, sat on cinder blocks behind a destroyed Cathedral while…

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GlobalPost’s continuing effort to answer an elusive, multi-billion-dollar question: “After Haiti’s devastating earthquake, where did the aid money go?”

New hospital encourages doctors to stay as Haiti continues to rebuild Medical residencies at the Partners in Health hospital in Mirebalais are preparing the next…

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Haiti marks devastating earthquake anniversary

The cathedral in Port-au-Prince was destroyed by the quake The people of Haiti have been remembering the victims of a devastating earthquake that struck the…

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Pope Names 19 New Cardinals, Focusing on the Poor Including one from Haiti

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press Pope Francis named his first batch of cardinals on Sunday, choosing 19 men from Asia, Africa, Latin America and elsewhere,…