tagged w/ Haiti Disaster
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Nearly nine months after the earthquake, more than a million Haitians still live on the streets between piles of rubble. One reason: Not a cent of the $1.15 billion the United States promised Haiti for rebuilding has arrived.Nearly nine months after the earthquake, more than a million Haitians still live on... more
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A group of international academics and authors has written to French president Nicolas Sarkozy calling on France to reimburse the crushing "independence debt" it imposed on Haiti nearly 200 years ago. The open letter to the French president says the debt, now worth nearly $21. 7 billion, would cover the rebuilding of the country after a devastating earthquake that killed more than 250,000 people seven months ago.A group of international academics and authors has written to French president Nicolas... more
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According to U.N. and aid officials, in the three months since donors at a U.S.-sponsored conference pledged more than $5.3 billion to rebuild Haiti, only a fraction of the money has been disbursed, and a special reconstruction commission has barely started to function.According to U.N. and aid officials, in the three months since donors at a... more
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Some 2,000 protesters flooded the streets of the Haitian city of Les Cayes this past week, calling for President Rene Preval to be removed from his post.Some 2,000 protesters flooded the streets of the Haitian city of Les Cayes this past... more
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Groups who once supported the president of Haiti, René Préval, are arming themselves against the government, putting the earthquake-ravaged country in danger of renewed instability and political violence.
Anger and resentment are growing against both the Haitian government and the international community. The anger is being driven by the widespread perception – three months after the catastrophe – that the billions in aid and reconstruction money coming into Haiti is benefiting the country's more articulate and wealthy minority, while not reaching the vast mass of victims of the quake.Groups who once supported the president of Haiti, René Préval, are... more
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More than two months after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, at least 30 survivors who were waved onto planes by Marines in the chaotic aftermath are prisoners of the United States immigration system, locked up since their arrival in detention centers in Florida.More than two months after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, at least 30 survivors... more
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From the Washington Post: Although Haiti’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake destroyed many buildings in Port-au-Prince, it mostly spared the upper class homes and businesses up the mountain in the cool, green suburb of Petionville, home to former presidents and senators.From the Washington Post: Although Haiti’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake destroyed... more
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The U.S. relief effort after the Haiti earthquake started too slowly and cautiously, according to the retired general who led the military relief effort on the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.The U.S. relief effort after the Haiti earthquake started too slowly and cautiously,... more
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Numerous reports say that angry complaints are mounting over the United States’ running of Haiti's main airport, which has turned away airplanes delivering aid. One leading aid group, Medecins Sans Frontiers, complained of skewed priorities and a supply bottleneck at Haiti's airport, which has been taken over by US Marines.Numerous reports say that angry complaints are mounting over the United States’... more
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