Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
PROGRAM ORIGINALLY BLOCKED BY PREVAL GETS UNDERWAY: Haiti Breaks Ground on Disaster Response Facilities in Miragoâne
Above: Miragoane (UN Photo/Victoria Hazou) By the Caribbean Journal staff The new Emergency Operations Centre in Haiti’s Miragoâne broke ground this week, a facility that…
U.S. Lawmakers Press for Action on Cholera in Haiti
La Times: In a letter sent this week, 104 members of the United States House of Representatives urged Susan E. Rice, American ambassador to the…
Un séisme de forte magnitude est imminent !
Roberson Alphonse ralphonse@lenouvelliste.com Un séisme de forte magnitude peut se produire à n’importe quel moment dans la presqu’île du Sud comme dans le nord d’Haïti,…
UN ‘should take blame for Haiti cholera’ – US House members-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By Mark Doyle BBC International Development Correspondent Haiti’s cholera epidemic has claimed the lives of more than 7,000 people More than 100 Democrats from the…
Haitian company added to US-backed assembly park
By The Associated Press TRENTON DANIEL (Associated Press) CARACOL, Haiti – (AP) — The Haitian government agreed Tuesday to allow a local painting manufacturing company…
Old hotel pillowcases get new life in Haiti
CAPTION Courtesy Embassy Suites Charlotte/Concord Who knew old hotel pillowcases could have a second life – and such a useful one? The Embassy Suites hotel…
Irish non-profit, Haven, looking for volunteers to go to Haiti
“Haven US is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization which set up in the United States in 2011, after three years in operation in Ireland and…
Dozens of Haitians planned demolition of dangerous housing for flood-control project-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
(Dieu Nalio Chery/ Associated Press ) – A Haitian man shouts with arms spread wide during a march protesting a government plan to demolish their…
Infrastructure project in Haiti too good to be true
A South Korean manufacturer is opening up shop in Haiti, with a big chunk of change from the US. But the economic benefits could be…
Ex-Haiti official sentenced to one year amid secrecy about his Miami court hearing
A former Haiti official convicted of taking bribes while running the nation’s telecom company was sentenced to one year in U.S. prison amid secrecy about…
CLINTON’S CRIMINAL INDUSTRIAL ZONE – Stolen Haitian Relief Money-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
by Stephen Lendman Tuesday Jul 10th, 2012 12:47 AM Haiti Stolen Haitian Relief Money by Stephen Lendman Following Haiti’s catastrophic January 12, 2010 earthquake, billions…
Too Soon for Carnival: Sweeping Haiti’s 400,000 Poor Back Under the Rug
Mark Schuller- Huffington Post: For those who haven’t been to Haiti for a while, or for those who have never been but have seen the…
Cuban cholera outbreak reaches Havana
The BBC has learned that a patient has been diagnosed with cholera in the Cuban capital, Havana, days after three people died in a rare…
BIG PROBLEMS AHEAD AS CRIMINAL GROUP GIVEN NOD BY CLINTON TEAM FOR INDUSTRIAL PARK THAT DESTROYS RARE FERTILE AGRICULTURAL LAND
By DEBORAH SONTAG / The New York Times CARACOL, Haiti — On the first anniversary of the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, in a sleepy corner of northeast…
How Crisis Mapping Saved Lives in Haiti
National Geographic: To map the world, is to know it. To map the world live is to change it before it’s too late. The National…
South Florida medical professionals help out in Haiti
A team of 19 medical professionals from South Florida went to Haiti to care for those still in need after the earthquake. Dr. Kansky DeLisma,…
Protests in Haiti against government plan to demolish shantytown
26 June 2012 Last updated at 15:33 ET There have been strong protests against the Haitian government’s plan to demolish some hillside shantytowns in capital…
UN Report on Haiti Rape Shows Few Prosecutions
By TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti June 27, 2012 (AP) The prosecution of rape cases in Haiti remains bogged down, and justice is rarely…
Number of Haitians displaced by quake is falling
Published June 26, 2012 Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The number of people living in the precarious settlements that became glaring symbols of the Haitian…
U.N. sustainability summit ends with $513 billion in pledges
By KENNETH R. WEISS Los Angeles Times RIO DE JANEIRO — After days of quiet backroom dealing and soaring public rhetoric, global leaders on Friday…