This is a collection of photographs depicting the aftermath in Haiti after the earthquake of January 2010, and the dozens of subsequent aftershocks.
Also included in the photo archive is a gallery of images of the aftermath of the Hurricane and flooding in 2008
Blood flows along the street in the aftermath of an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. Reuters Haitians left homeless in the aftermath of Tuesday’s earthquake rest at a park in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. Reuters The body of an earthquake victim is covered with the Haitian flag beside other casualties after an earthquake...
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While critics accuse him of not doing enough for moving Haiti forward, an “unlucky’’ René Préval prepares to head into the history books. By JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — He survived two presidential terms, armed gangs, back-to-back major storms and food riots. In the end, one of the world’s worst natural disasters rendered him...
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, May 10 (UPI.com) — Former President-for-Life Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier appears to be living the good life in Haiti after a 25-year-exile. While a judge is investigating allegations of crimes committed during his 15-year rule, former Duvalier supporters are among the close advisers of President-elect Michel Martelly, The Miami Herald reported Monday....
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Tuesday asked the Obama administration to come up with an accounting of how humanitarian and reconstruction aid is being spent in Haiti, which has been slow to recover from the devastating earthquake of more than a year ago despite an outpouring of U.S. and international assistance. “The unprecedented...
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Project Expected to Create Hundreds of Jobs and Bring Many Long-term Economic Benefits to Haiti.Sun Herald: WASHINGTON — The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund announced today that it would invest $2 million to complete construction on a major hotel project in Haiti that was abruptly halted following the devastating 2010 earthquake. The 130-room Oasis Hotel...
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Ouvrez les placards ! Haïti: 14 mai 2011. Passé cette date, le président René Préval et son gouvernement, restés au pouvoir après le 7 février en vertu d’une loi votée par le Parlement pour que le temps constitutionnel puisse s’harmoniser au temps légal, remettront le tablier à un des deux candidats en lice :...
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JESSICA LEEDER GLOBAL FOOD REPORTER— Instead of squatting over a small street-side fire cooking take-out food, Datilia Roland Doriela spends the day inside her tiny country house. At regular intervals, she crosses herself and says a prayer to God, hoping to persuade Him to put an end to the latest crisis plaguing central Haiti:...
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NPR photographer David Gilkey revisits a few key locations in Haiti, one year after a massive earthquake devastated the capital, Port-au-Prince. The quake killed more than 200,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless. Even now, the effects of the quake are everywhere. Rubble still covers much of the city, and more than 1 million...
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JOSHUA WOLFSON Casper Star-Tribune | Posted: Friday, May 7, 2010 12:00 am CASPER — A Casper man whose geodesic dome design was used for a Haitian field hospital wants to use the same concept to develop housing for earthquake refugees. “They really have a hunger to be able to do this on their own,”...
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Haitian-Truth.org The International Community uses this shot of the nice tents and Red Cross logo in support of their claims that over 50% of the Haitians needing shelter have been satisfied. The nice tents are a small part of the truth. If one focused upon the nice tents with a telephoto lens – from...
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