Day: March 14, 2010
Haiti’s Do-It-Yourself Recovery-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By LAWRENCE DOWNES Port-au-Prince, Haiti The unwritten rules of driving in the capital — just tap the horn, keep your cool, be polite — keep…
The art of survival in Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Rum and refugees apart, Haiti’s biggest export is art — vibrant, fantastical, brilliantly coloured paintings full of detail and symbolism, the best of which fetch…
Haitian parents with U.S.-born children are in a bind 1,300 quake survivors fear to return to devastated nation, but their time here is running out-Added COMMETNARY By Haitian-Truth
MIAMI Of the thousands of Haitian nationals airlifted to America after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, some have an extra tie to this nation: U.S.-born…
International adoption delayed for a Haitian orphan
By Kathie Klarreich Correspondent posted March 14, 2010 at 10:05 am EDT Pierre Payen, Haiti — Chris and Leslie Rollings knew, when they took tiny…
UN chief sees dangers up-close in Haiti quake camp-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Haiti to investigate a shortage of shelter and increased violence in Haiti’s teeming earthquake camps. Ban’s…
Remains Found 2 Months After Haiti Quake-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Aid Groups Say Gov’t Slow to Relocate Those in Squalid Camps; Several Hurt in Building Collapse (CBS/AP) Haitian survivors on Friday marked the two-month anniversary…
In Haiti, funerals become eulogies for a nation-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com LEOGANE, Haiti — Two separate funeral bands file past one another in concurrent ceremonies for the different set of mourners, whose…
Haitian recovery takes root in field of skepticism-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — By any human standard, the sprawling tent city across from the collapsed National Palace in the Haitian capital remains a living hell….