Global IssuesNews headlines for “Haiti”, page 6
Overhaul Foreign Aid to Rebuild Haiti
- Inter Press Service
The international community's response was fast and effective during the emergency cause by the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti that claimed at least 230,000 lives. But the 'impressive' outpouring of solidarity stalled when reconstruction began, as international and local institutions failed to measure up to the challenge.
HAITI: Haphazard Aid Hindering Long-Term Recovery
- Inter Press Service
That Haiti will not recover from the trauma of 2010 for many years is an unfortunate but understood fact. More disturbing, according to a new analysis, is that aspects of current aid efforts are undermining Haiti's ability to begin the reconstruction process and develop a strong, functional state infrastructure.
HAITI: The Year of Living Dangerously — Part 2
- Inter Press Service
When diplomat Ricardo Seitenfus spoke out in interviews last month condemning the international community, he was dismissed from his post within days by the Organisation of American States.
OP-ED: January 12, 2011 and Us
- Inter Press Service
The anniversary of the earthquake is in less than a week, on Jan. 12. Never before had Haiti seen so many victims from a single catastrophe in so short a time. Never had Haitians experienced such solidarity, nor received so much attention from abroad and from the international community.
HAITI: Women Wonder if They'll Ever Feel Safe Again
- Inter Press Service
Up a rubble-strewn street, turn right past a crumbled house, and 60 men and women are in the yard and parlor of the offices of the Commission of Women Victim-to-Victim (Komisyon Fanm Viktim pou Viktim, KOFAVIV) association.
HAITI: The Year of Living Dangerously — Part 1
- Inter Press Service
Dieula Rosemond is tired. A lone swaying palm tree yields a little shade over her plastic chair. Her hands are folded in the lap of her white dress. Little girls play with a ragged, pale-faced doll behind her.
Oil Leak, Haiti, Afghanistan Dominated 2010 U.S. TV News
- Inter Press Service
The disastrous BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, and the continuing war in Afghanistan comprised the major news stories in 2010, according to the latest annual review of network news coverage by the authoritative Tyndall Report.
Cholera Forces Haiti to Face Sewage Dilemma
- Inter Press Service
The cholera crisis is forcing Haitian authorities to address an unpleasant and now life-threatening problem — untreated feces.
HAITI: Ambassadors and Poll Officials Try to Defuse Tensions
- Inter Press Service
After almost a week of violent protests over preliminary elections results that left at least five dead, Haiti awoke to an eerie and tense calm Monday after a well-coordinated trial balloon was launched late Sunday night.
HAITI: Popular Anger Unabated over Chaotic Polls
- Inter Press Service
Furious demonstrations continued across Haiti on Wednesday following the Nov. 28 highly contested election in which thousands found themselves unable to vote.
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