Article from the Weekly News Update on the Americas Haiti: UN Office Criticizes Aid Distribution The distribution of international aid after the devastating January 2010 earthquake in southern Haiti has been slow and in some ways counterproductive, according to a United Nations (UN) report released in June of this year. “Has Aid Changed? Channeling assistance […]
September 20, 2010
From the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti: “We’ve Been Forgotten”: New IJDH Report Gives Voice to Earthquake Victims Facing Desperate Conditions in Haiti’s Displacement Camps 20 September 2010 IJDH has released a new report that documents the findings of a human rights investigation into displacement camp conditions in Haiti. The report, titled “We’ve […]
September 3, 2010
Kevin Pina’s Sept. 2 Update on Haiti with guest, on-the-ground correspondent, Ansel Herz. The audio from Ansel’s line in Haiti is not the greatest, but try to hang in there.
June 27, 2010
Tents Aren’t Holding Up in Heavy Haitian Rains Updated: 1 day 19 hours ago Emily Troutman Contributor PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (June 25) — Hurricane season in Haiti officially began three weeks ago, bringing rain to the region nearly every day. More than 1.5 million Haitians remain in the streets. Yet this week, the United Nations completed […]
March 10, 2010
President Rene Preval of Haiti with President Obama March 10, 2010 Obama Tells Haitian Leader That U.S. Aid Will Continue By JEFF ZELENY and BRIAN KNOWLTON WASHINGTON — Even as the United States military withdraws the forces it sent urgently to Haiti after its devastating earthquake in January, President Obama on Wednesday pledged a […]
February 23, 2010
Venezuela’s Anti-Hegemonic Aid In Haiti February 23rd 2010, by Kiraz Janicke – Venezuelanalysis.com In a February 17 article “Venezuela’s Renegade Aid” published in the Huffington Post, freelance journalist Patrick Adams implies that there is something untoward and problematic about the Venezuelan aid effort in earthquake ravaged Haiti. Venezuela’s main crime appears to be its non-participation […]
February 15, 2010
From the Haiti Action website: Haiti: From one emergency to the next Haiti earthquake – One month on Update from Doctors Without Borders Port au Prince, Haiti – MSF — One month after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, the numbers are still difficult to digest: more than 200,000 deaths, 300,000 […]
February 12, 2010
February 10, 2010
Below is an excerpt from Kevin Pina’s article with a link to the full article at the Haiti Action site. Further below is the video of the Lavalas press conference in Port-au-Prince on February 7, which is featured along with the article and photographs at the Haiti Action site. If Obama can do it then why can’t […]
June 28, 2011
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