JANUARY 12, 2012
TWO YEARS WITH LITTLE OR NO PROGRESS AS PEOPLE WRITE EXPENSIVE PROPOSALS FOR PROJECTS THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN….HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS COLLECTED FOR HAITI HAVE GONE…
Haiti’s Vodou: A World of Wonder and Surrender
Huffingtonpost: January 10 is international Vudon Day in Benin (formerly Dahomey). Celebrations will take place everywhere honoring the religion. I can’t help reflect on this…
AND PEOPLE CONTINUALLY CLAIM THE FADH WAS BRUTAL. LOOK WHAT THE LA SHERIFFS DOES!!!Confrontation between sheriff’s deputies, bus rider caught on tape
A “use of force” investigation has been opened into a confrontation Monday night in which one L.A. County sheriff’s deputy struck a female bus passenger…
International groups launch Haiti cholera alliance
By David Morgan WASHINGTON | Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:28am IST (Reuters) – U.S. and international health officials on Wednesday formed an alliance to end…
Alleged Haiti abuse victim ‘ready to testify’
Al Jazeera.com Haitian man disputes prosecutor’s claim that he has failed to co-operate over alleged assault by Uruguayan peacekeepers. The Haitian victim of an alleged…
Why is Haiti taking so long to recover?-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Inquirer.net PORT-AU-PRINCE—A catastrophic 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti two years ago, killing between 200,000 and 300,000 people in one of the worst natural disasters of modern…
Lettre ouverte de Pascale Théard à la rédaction de Magazine du Monde
La Nouvelliste: Haïti: Attn : Madame Marie-Pierre LANNELONGUE Rédactrice en chef de M, le magazine du Monde. Port au Prince, le 9 janvier 2012 Madame,…
Pair Survives Plane Crash at Sea On Way to Charity Mission in Haiti
By Matt Gutman Jan 10, 2012 9:07am After surviving a harrowing plane crash off a sparsely populated Bahamas island – during which their lives were…
In Haiti billions in aid donations remains undistributed, thousands still live in tents
Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:20 AM EST By Ron Allen NBC News Correspondent Two years after it was rocked by a devastating earthquake, Haiti is…
Uruguay Frees Soldiers in Haiti Abuse Trial
By EVENS SANON PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti January 10, 2012 (AP) A prosecutor in Uruguay says he may have to shelve an abuse case against six U.N….
Haiti’s president says much remains to do, concedes mistakes during first months in office
By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, January 9, 6:02 PM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitians still have much to do to recover from the 2010 earthquake, President Michel Martelly…
Many question whether Haiti quake donations were put to best use
Two years after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, many complain that they haven’t seen where billions in donations were spent. By Frances Robles frobles@MiamiHerald.com Half…
Haiti Outrage: UN Soldiers from Sex Assault Video Freed-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By MATTHEW MOSK, BRIAN ROSS (@brianross) and ANSEL HERZ Jan. 9, 2012 The case against five United Nations peacekeepers caught on tape in an alleged…
Haiti’s Poverty: New York Times Op/Ed Misses Crucial Element
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, a fact which an op/ed in today’s New York Times notes is an inevitable catchphrase in…
Haiti: Millions Collected for Education ‘Nonexistent’ says Senator
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – On Tuesday, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Jocelerme Privert (Nippes/Inite), said that millions of dollars collected for education through…
Amazing Timelapse of 30-Story Building Constructed In Only 360 Hours
Gizmodo reader Xian Min Zhang just sent me this impressive timelapse video from his company’s latest project: a 30-story tall, 183,000-square-foot hotel built in just…
Haiti caught between prestige and misery
09 Jan 2012 15:25 Source: member // Malteser International – Germany When many people live cramped in a camp, safe drinking water and proper hygienic…
A return to Haiti two years after earthquake stranded children in adoption limbo
A return to Haiti two years after earthquake stranded children in adoption limbo Mon Jan 9, 2012 10:31 AM EST By Ron Allen NBC News…
Though world stood still, things moving forward in Haiti
U. of C. professor of medicine helping launch residency program in Haiti, marking 2nd anniversary of quake. Dr. Evan Lyon, of the University of Chicago,…
Haiti: Cholera Epidemic’s First Victim Identified as River Bather Who Forsook Clean Water
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Published: January 9, 2012` The first Haitian to get cholera at the onset of the 2010 epidemic was almost undoubtedly…
















