After the ruins of Leogane, the epicenter of the earthquake, the road leaves the coast to climb switchbacks up the mountain. The debris forced to zigzag across a landscape of Apocalypse. Then at the end of a pass is the Bay of Jacmel. The lower city, which concentrates around the Orange River’s historical riches, is gutted. If casualties are limited (350 dead), Read more
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Preval at a summit in Quito
Haitian President René Préval has left Port-au-Prince yesterday evening to Quito (Ecuador), where he must now attend a special summit of South American countries to coordinate regional aid for Haiti. Read more
Child stealing case in Haiti: Lawyer resigns
Edwyn Coq, Haiti lawyer of the ten American Baptists charged with child abduction and held in Port-au-Prince, has resigned, accused of attempting to bribe the judge to release his client, he said to AFP Sunday. Read more
Preval calls for patience
Haitian President René Préval has called yesterday the population affected by the earthquake of January 12 to show solidarity, “patience” and “discipline” to face delays in distributing food and tents. Read more
Gridlock in helping Haiti
Efforts were continuing on Saturday to resolve the “gridlock”, accepted by Bill Clinton in the distribution of international aid in Haiti while 10 Americans accused Baptists of child abduction would be transferred to prison. Read more
No release of Americans in Haiti
The request for provisional release filed by ten American Baptists continue in Haiti for abduction was released yesterday, said their lawyer Edwin Coq. Read more
Haiti adoption: a bilateral commission
France proposes to the Haitian authorities to create a bilateral commission to review cases of adoption of children for whom no decision had been made before the earthquake of January 12, or has been produced following the disaster, said Friday the Quai d’Orsay. Read more
Call for the “for the international haitian community,” by Nesly Manigat
In the first hours after the disaster of January 12, I already crossed the Dominicans border Jimani-Malpasse with several doctors who did not ask any question but to be present and find the first hospital in Port-au-Prince to be useful. Then there are added American volunteers, French, Colombian, Slovak, Cuban, Russian, Venezuelan, Chinese, Indian, who made the trip to the airport from the Dominican Republic to be in Haiti. Read more
The organization of Reporters Without Borders reports U.S. censorship
The organization of Reporters Without Borders today denounced the confiscation by the U.S. military of an apparatus of photographic from a photographer of The Daily Local Nouvelliste while covering a demonstration outside the Embassy of the United States to Port-au-Prince. Read more
The Americans tried in Haiti?
The ten Americans today accused of “kidnapping and conspiracy” must be tried in Haiti, said the Minister of Justice Paul Denis.
The Americans might be free
The ten U.S. citizens suspected of abducting thirty young Haitians are referred to the prosecution of Port-au-Prince today who must decide to eventual prosecution, said Jesse J. Pierre-Louis, in charge of the case. Read more
The Haitian Prime Minister wants to change the government structure
The Haitian Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive discussed Tuesday the possibility of changing the government structure to better cope with crisis born of earthquake January 12, 2010. Read more
Ten billion dollars to rebuild Haiti
Participants at the first international meeting on the reconstruction of the island believe that Haiti needs 10 billion dollars over five years to recover. Read more
The United Nations defended the commitment of American and Canadian armies in Haiti
The head of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations, John Holmes, in Geneva on Tuesday defended the actions of American and Canadian forces in Haiti to the UN sides, arguing that there was no attempt to dominate the country militarily . Read more
Reconstruction of Haiti; the puzzle of corruption
Invest tens of billions of dollars in a country ranked among the least favorable business place and the most corrupt in the world is one of the puzzles that should resolve the international community to rebuild Haiti after the earthquake of January 12, that killed at least 170 000 deaths. Read more
Elections postponed
The legislative and senatorial elections in Haiti under the February 28 and March 3 will be postponed “to a later date, unspecified, due to the earthquake, said the official body responsible for organizing the elections.
480,000 evacuated from the capital
At least 482,000 people have left the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to the rural areas of Haiti since the earthquake that struck the country January 12, announced today the United Nations. Read more
25 French dead
Twenty-five French died in the earthquake in Haiti, and nine missing, according to a new provisional toll announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The previous record of 25 January stood at 24 dead and 10 missing. Read more
6.2 earthquake off Papua New Guinea
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.2 was registered today off the coast of Papua New Guinea, without causing damage and not cause a tsunami, seismologists have said. Read more
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