Today in Latin America Top Story — Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) delayed a decision of who among the 34 presidential hopefuls will be eligible to run in the Nov. 28 elections. The CEP said it delayed the decision due to the high number of appeals under review, which were still being heard at 10 [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Musician Wyclef Jean said that he is thinking of running for the presidency of earthquake ravaged Haiti, but has yet has yet to decide whether to declare himself as a candidate. Wyclef Jean, who rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the hip-hop group the [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story – Haitian police broke up a rally on Monday in front of the National Palace, where protesters demanded that President René Préval step down. Police fired tear gas into a crowd of about 2,000 and fired live rounds into the air, after protesters attempted to pass barricades in front [...]
The world’s governments pledged to donate more than expected to Haiti’s earthquake reconstruction effort at a conference at the United Nations on Wednesday. More than 100 countries participated in the conference, pledging $5.3 billion in short term assistance, and another $9 billion over the long term, Reuters reports. Observers had not expected pledges to surpass [...]
NEW YORK — Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake killed more 200,000 people, destroyed the national economy, and left more than a million homeless. For Haiti’s 10,000, mostly foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), figuring out how best to help in such circumstances is a daunting task. U.N. Special Envoy to Haiti and former President Bill Clinton has a [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Haiti Wednesday, becoming the first French president to visit the country since it gained independence in 1804. Sarkozy promised $400 million in aid to Haiti to help the country rebuild after last month’s earthquake as he arrived on the island with Haitian President [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — South American leaders met in Quito, Ecuador Tuesday to create a $300 million fund to aid Haiti in the country’s recovery process. The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) plans to ask the Inter-American Development bank for a $200 million loan and hopes to raise another $100 million [...]
NEW YORK — A Port-au-Prince school collapsed on a sunny day in Nov. 2008, leaving 80 children dead. The school, perched precariously on a hillside, had been built without a permit and with watered down concrete, its students crammed into overcrowded classrooms to increase tuition profits. “Where was the state?” asked William O’Neill, a lawyer [...]
After suffering a devastating earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale last week, Haiti experienced an aftershock measuring 6.1 early this morning, the New York Times reports. The aftershock terrified locals who feared a repeat of last week’s destruction, but the damage seems to have been relatively minor. The extent of the damage remains unknown. [...]
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the island nation of Haiti yesterday leaving large portions of country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, in ruins and thousands suspected to be dead, according to the New York Times. The earthquake, the largest in the region in over 200 years, hit Haiti shortly after 5 p.m. on Tuesday and severely damaged many [...]
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