http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iqxb2LGnPl3_Hfsqxg7IZAKbtteQ
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton commented that Haiti's future will turn violent and corrupt during the attempt to rebuild the nation. "I'm 63 years old," he said. "Do you think I'd commit the next five years of my life to working down there if I thought it was a losing enterprise?"
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
9 missionaries freed from Haitian jail, 1 remains
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/04/16/haiti.missionaries/?hpt=T2
Ten American missionaries were jailed in Haiti after being accused of trying to kidnap 33 Haitian children after the January earthquake. Nine of these have just been released.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Haiti quake death toll examined
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8510900.stm
The January 2010 earthquake that hit Haiti caused many more deaths than other recent earthquakes of its caliber. Why? This article explains.
First Lady Michelle Obama visits Haiti
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8618445.stm
First Lady Michelle Obama visited Haiti. Her trip was focused on visiting projects set up since the January 2010 earthquake.
First Lady Michelle Obama visited Haiti. Her trip was focused on visiting projects set up since the January 2010 earthquake.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Rapper Wyclef fights to keep Haiti in the news
http://yele.org/;jsessionid=FB08E2D0353231397B527FE19273B18C.web114
Rapper Wyclef Jean (originally from Haiti) has been working hard since the earthquake to ensure that the world doesn't forget about Haiti. His blog shares interesting information about how to keep Haiti in the news.
Shakira visits children of Haiti
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1635863/20100412/shakira.jhtml
Music star Shakira visited Haiti on Sunday to kick-off her pledge to build a school for the nation's underprivileged children.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Floods hit Haiti
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8541361.stm
Residents of the Haiti quake camps were told to brace for an unusually harsh hurricane season coming ahead. With that warning came a downpour Wednesday that flooded several of those camps, killing at least eight people.
Residents of the Haiti quake camps were told to brace for an unusually harsh hurricane season coming ahead. With that warning came a downpour Wednesday that flooded several of those camps, killing at least eight people.
What's up down there?
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20002075-503544.html
When Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, from Florida, traveled to Haiti earlier this week, she wasn't happy with what she found. "We didn't see the Red Cross anywhere, at all," she said.
Port au Prince: City for the rich or poor?
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/04/08/fatal_magnetism_of_the_city/
Is Port au Prince a city of wealthy elites or poor beggars? That is the recent question looming over Haiti's capital city.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Haitian refugees jailed for lacking Visas
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/us/01detain.html
In this New York Times article, Nina Bernstein discusses a problem currently facing Haitians who were brought to safety outside their home country after the January earthquake. Some of these people are now being detained or even jailed for not having U.S. Visas, even though U.S. Marines were the ones who brought them to the country in the first place.
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