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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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
Bill Clintion will coordinate the activities of UN agencies
Bill Clintion who accepted the burden it acquired in collaboration with the Haitian government to “reach to implement the vision that (the Haitian leaders) have for their country.” 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 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
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
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
Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $1 Million
On January 21, 2010, actor Leonardo DiCaprio announced he was donating $1 million to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, the relief effort led by former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and one of the organizations benefiting from the telethon.
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