Global IssuesNews headlines for “Haiti”, page 10
Fragile States Becoming More Fragile
- Inter Press Service
Some of the world's weakest states are becoming ever more fragile, according to the 2010 edition of the annual 'Failed States Index' (FSI) released here Monday by Foreign Policy magazine and the independent Fund for Peace (FFP).
Haitian Farmers Leery of Monsanto's Largesse
- Inter Press Service
Haitian farmers are worried that large transnational corporations like Monsanto are attempting to gain a larger foothold in the local economy under the guise of earthquake relief and rebuilding.
As 'Temporary' Camps Linger, Tensions Rise with Haitian Landowners
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of victims of the January earthquake in Haiti are at risk of being displaced for a second time as private landowners throughout the nation's capital city grow impatient with makeshift tent camps on their properties.
Q&A: 'Agrarian Reform Is Indispensible for Haiti'
- Inter Press Service
In the wake of unimaginable death and destruction, Haitian farmers continue to work hard to wring food for their country out of a depleted land. But now they have company.
HAITI: U.N. Clash with Frustrated Students Spills into Camps
- Inter Press Service
United Nations peacekeeping troops responded to a rock-throwing demonstration by university students Monday evening with a barrage of tear gas and rubber bullets in the area around Haiti's National Palace, sending masses of displaced Haitians running out of tent camps into the streets, according to witnesses.
Haitian Group Honoured for AIDS Work, Earthquake Aid
- Inter Press Service
A non-profit group founded in Haiti nearly three decades ago to fight what was then a mysterious killer disease later identified as AIDS has been awarded the prestigious 2010 Gates Award for Global Health.
Haiti Asks Expat Professionals to Return and Help
- Inter Press Service
Members of the Haitian diaspora responded with 'massive and spontaneous' aid immediately after the Jan. 12 earthquake, with thousand of professionals leaving jobs abroad to go and assist their compatriots, according to a government minister.
U.S. House Clears Haiti Trade Bill
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday approved a major trade bill designed to boost U.S. and other investment in Haiti's textile and apparel industry following January's devastating earthquake in which at least 200,000 people are believed to have been killed.
CUBA: Children Reach Out Through the Screen to Peers in Post-Quake Haiti
- Inter Press Service
Five girls and five boys are taking time to remember the hurricane that devastated their home town of Gibara in eastern Cuba two years ago, mingling their memories with their dreams, and filming images to make a video message for children in Haiti.
Haitian-Dominican Relations Warming After Quake
- Inter Press Service
Angela Solis de Pena remembered the story that her parents told her of a Haitian man who tried to rape a Dominican woman; after the woman escaped the man chased her and hacked her to death.
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