Give Haiti control over its recovery
By Monika Kalra Varma and Loune Viaud
The Boston Globe, March 8, 2010
SINCE JANUARY’S devastating earthquake in Haiti, well-meaning experts have proposed an abundance of short-term and long-term recovery Read the rest of this entry »
by Keane Bhatt
Haiti Action posts a recent interview with Noam Chomsky.
For decades, Noam Chomsky has been an analyst and activist working in support of the Haitian people. In addition to his revolutionary linguistics Read the rest of this entry »
Haitian leader focusing on nation’s biggest needs
The Miami Herald, Saturday March 6, 2010
BY LESLEY CLARK AND JACQUELINE CHARLES
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/06/1515445/haitian-leader-focusing-on-nations.html
Haitian President René Préval arrives in Washington Monday for meetings with Congress and President Barack Obama as the White House prepares to Read the rest of this entry »
By Darren Ell
Published March 7, 2010 on The Dominion
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/3242
In the five weeks following the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, Quebec’s mainstream French-language media focused a considerable amount of attention on the devastated nation. What follows is a critical look at the Read the rest of this entry »
By Scott Weinstein
Published March 2, 2010 on Rabble.ca
http://www.rabble.ca/news/2010/03/haiti%E2%80%99s-wounded-long-heal
For Elisa Zlami, the burden of her fractured leg just got heavier, literally. The day before, Marc, an ortho-tech at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, came immediately to her tent, “Post Op 3,” after I asked him to “do something” about Elisa’s old split cast that was causing her pain. Haiti’s Read the rest of this entry »
DemocracyNow! interviews Seismologist Roger Bilham on March 1 about the differences between the Haitian and Chilean earthquakes. Although the Chilean quake was of a far greater magnitude, the death toll will likely only rise into the 1000s, whereas in Haiti the death toll has reached about 300 000. Read the rest of this entry »
I spoke today to a recently-returned volunteer with Canadian Medical Assistance Teams in the city of Leogane and to Rafael Taveras, an aid worker from the Dominican Republic who has been in that city since the earthquake. He works with Ayuda a Haiti, itself a part of a broader umbrella of ngo’s in the DR that came together after the earthquake. Here is a summary of our discussions. Read the rest of this entry »
Statement of the Canada Haiti Action Network
February 28, 2010
In the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, genuine solidarity for the people of Haiti has become even more critical. The loss of lives, the hundreds of thousands of sick and injured, the destruction of housing and infrastructure, all of these enormous problems constitute an unprecedented disaster in a country whose population is among the most vulnerable on the planet. This tragedy has provoked a strong reaction of compassion among millions of people around the world, all sharing a desire to help and to offer support for the urgent needs of the Haitian people. Read the rest of this entry »
The Sacrifice of Haiti
America’s Foreign Policy “Pact with the Devil”
By Rev. WILLIAM E. ALBERTS
Haiti’s history has been cursed by white nationalism and associated political and economic domination and not by rebelling slaves’ “pact to the devil,” as televangelist Pat Robertson “prophesized” after the fact of the 7.0 earthquake’s devastation of the country. Unfortunately, whatever coverage Read the rest of this entry »