“There is no real problem with their presence. They are not trying to dominate the country militarily, they have no other purpose than the relief operation, told the press on sub – UN Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes.

“We are very happy they are there,” he said. “They have done things that we were not able, like managing the airport, help repair the port or by air transport very heavy objects that we could not carry ourselves in the first weeks.

Holmes acknowledged that American troops would sometimes help the Mission of the United Nations Stabilization in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to provide security during food distribution or, more rarely, to protect aid convoys.

But “the force keeping the peace is the primary responsibility for safety is so since the beginning and nobody disputes,” he said, estimating that U.S. and Canadian troops should not stay more than ” few months “in Haiti.

“I think that as as the UN and the normal aid is increasing, and this is beginning to accelerate now, their presence is less and less necessary and will be happy to retire,” Did he said, asserting that the U.S. military and Canadian “have other things to do.”

The United States has deployed some 20,000 troops on land and sea to participate in humanitarian aid after the earthquake of 12 January which was 170,000 deaths.

This deployment has been criticized by some South American states, including Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, who see it as an “occupation” of the poorest country in the Americas.

The Supermodel NATICO help raise money by dropping her clothes.

Picture courtesy of Kompamagazine

“The number of people who left Port-au-Prince to departments around rose to 482,349, of which 90% are staying with relatives, according to the latest status report of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations ( Ocha).

The Haitian authorities have set up buses to evacuate those who wished, until now believed that 235,000 people had left the capital to take refuge in the countryside.

According to figures from the Mission of the United Nations Stabilization in Haiti (MINUSTAH), the population of the southern departments of Grande Anse, Nippes and Central Plateau has increased from 15 to 20%.

“Because of the influx of these new populations, the prices of commodities such as rice and sugar, increase, according to OCHA.

The possibility of a trial outside of Haiti stems including the destruction of the judiciary, it was noticed in Government: The small building floor in Port-au-Prince is the only building of the Ministry of Justice still standing but his court was filled with tents and victims of the earthquake.

As most components of the Haitian State, the means of Justice had been undermined by the disaster, including the destruction of the courthouse and the death of dean of the Civil Court of First Instance, Rock Cadet.

Ten people, five men and five women, were arrested along with 31 children, aged 2 months to 12 years, a Haitian police officer while they were crossing the Dominican border, said Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Yves Christallin.

“This flight is not an adoption,” he said, adding that “to leave Haiti a child needs a permit from the Institute of Social Welfare, which handles cases adoption.

According to him, two pastors, one in Haiti and one in Atlanta (Southeast U.S.), are also involved in this case.

American citizens have been brought to justice and were held Saturday evening at the Central Directorate of Judicial Police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti with two alleged accomplices, confirmed to AFP Chief of Police Mario Andresol .

An investigation was initiated to determine under what circumstances ten Americans came into possession of the children, said Andresol “is now in justice to his work,” he said, adding that children were transferred to a shelter in Croix-des-Bouquets, north of Port-au-Prince.

“It’s a shame that this is the Americans who are involved in this case because they are helping us like other countries do,” said the commerce minister.

In an interview with U.S. television network NBC, a relative of Americans said they arrested were charged with trafficking in children, and that this case was, they said, a misunderstanding administration.

The Americans were presented as part of a charity called “The Refuge for a new life for children, based in the state of Idaho (north-western United States).

Many children have been adopted since the earthquake that devastated Haiti January 12.

The U.S. administration on Wednesday urged the prospective adoptive parents of Haitian children to be patient, pending the establishment of “transparent” procedures to avoid mistakes and trafficking of children.

Act of Mercy, as the most fundamentalist Christian groups, focuses on the many orphanages that are lacking everything. The 135 residents of one of these institutions, the House of God’s children, camped around their building cracked. Fifteen American missionaries, mostly teenagers, camped at their sides, encumbered with heavy luggage. The deputy director of the House, Alexis Pierre-Delete, ignores the origin of these “whites” and their mission: “They promised to help us but they did nothing. I think they want to repatriate the children in the United States. ”

Scientologists in the corridors of the hospital

Tim Morris, a nurse from Open Hands Group, has seen its share repressed by the UN major health centers in the city. The reputation of the association, who said to cure AIDS through nutrition, spent the borders. In the alleys of the university hospital, they are followers of Scientology who are working on patients. A follower must affix their hands on the head of a patient’s leg broken. “We are releasing the energies that remain trapped in the crash,” says the young woman.

The proliferation of alternative medicine irritates the major NGOs. “These people account for resources that might be more useful for associations more efficient,” says a senior UN official. The U.S. military put an end to the ballet for small aircraft “Christians” that clog the airport, already overloaded, Port-au-Prince. “We do not know what these groups or who they are. They must be identified before they do harm, “Veronique Ductan storm, a Haitian physician.

In the Delmas neighborhood, the Quisqueya Christian School  serves as support groups. The very expensive school, which boasts “100% Christian, welcomes in particular, the Crisis Response International  which is as an” army of the end times. ” But the heavy metal door of the facility remains closed: “We do not get the press.” On its website, ICC said Tuesday in its local host part of the U.S. command in Haiti

“The Haitians need a country where they can live long term, but I think it must consider what might be done in terms of humanitarian access, and what criteria, for stays of short term,” said Steny Hoyer, leader of the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives.

This ally of President Barack Obama but added later that there was “no specific proposal at this stage” and warned it would “not prejudge the action to be undertaken.

On short term measures, “there is something to implement, but we must estimate the number” of people who would be affected, he said to reporters.
Washington granted a temporary asylum on humanitarian grounds, to Haitians who were without valid papers in the United States at the time of the earthquake, January 12, to enable them to work.

But this measure does not apply to any refugees arriving after January 12, including the Minister of Internal Security, Janet Napolitano, warned they would be repatriated.

Day 9, after the killer earthquake hits Haiti,  people are starving to death. We witness  grown men fighting women and kids over food. The situation is getting worse.  I can only imagine the desperate feeling to be fighting for food.  Now, it’s all about survival of the fittest. Sad, but that’s the reality down in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

According to the WSJ, Georges Anglade was killed along with his wife in the Tuesday earthquake when the home of family they were visiting collapsed, his daughter said. We lost another great man to the earthquake. Forever in our mind!