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Associated Press: Broken Promises to Rebuild Haiti
Haiti still waiting for $1.15B the U.S. pledged to rebuild country Associated Press, Published in the Toronto Star, Tuesday Sept 28…
Staff Attorney of IJDH to speak in Vancouver Oct 5
Human rights attorney to speak in Vancouver on post-earthquake Haiti SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nicole Phillips,…
Nigel Fisher Can't Seem to Get the Facts Rights on Haiti
By Roger Annis   Published in Haiti Liberte, September 29 - October 5, 2010, Vol. 4, No. 11   As Deputy Special Representative…
CBC Interview with Dr. Paul Farmer, Founder of Partners in Health
Paul Farmer: Rebuilding Haiti, but 'building back better' http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/09/27/f-haiti-paul-farmer.html As Haiti…
Community Survival Projects at Risk in Haiti
Fields of grass, soup kitchens at risk in Haiti By JONATHAN M. KATZ, Associated Press, September 26, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — On…
Six Killed by Sept. 24 Rainstorm in Port au Prince
Storm shreds aging tents in Haiti earthquake camps By JONATHAN M. KATZ, Associated Press Friday, September 24, 2010 The sudden,…
Chairman of Haitian Association of Economists has sharp words for reconstruction plan
Chairman of the Association of Haitian Economists questions the ability of industrial zones to assist in the development of Haiti and…
New Report by IJDH Examines Conditions of Quake Survivors, Reponsibilities of Donor Countries
“We've Been Forgotten": Conditions in Haiti's Displacement Camps Eight Months After the Earthquake September 24, 2010. The Institute…
Philadelphia Inquirer: Aid to Haiti slow in coming
Editorial: Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday September 26, 2010 Of all the things Haiti's earthquake victims are running out of, patience…
Haitians Cry in Letters: ‘Please — Do Something!’
New York Times, September 19, 2010 By DEBORAH SONTAG CORAIL-CESSELESSE, Haiti — It was after midnight in a remote annex of this…
November Election in Haiti: The Silent Coup
The Silent Coup in Haiti Part 1 of a 2 part interview conducted by Darren Ell. Published in The Dominion, September 19, 2010 MONTREAL—…
Interviews on aid and charity accountability
Kevin Pina interviews two guests on Flashpoints, KPFA Radio, on September 15 about the state of Haiti eight months after the earthquake,…
Haiti election commission under scrutiny for ties to President René Préval
Haiti holds its first presidential debate Saturday, even as President René Préval's ties to the election commission has observers asking…
Still no plan for homeless--Two articles on land ownership as key obstacle
There's no plan in sight for Haiti's homeless No one knows where to relocate more than a million people displaced by the Jan. 12 quake…
UN Human Rights Expert on Haiti expresses grave concern over camp conditions, unsure on exclusionary election
Agence Haitienne de Presse (9 September, 2010) reports that the UN's independent human rights expert on Haiti, Michel Forst, has…
Quake Survivors, Fired Public Service Workers, Stage Protests in Port au Prince: Two Reports
Protests Growing as Earthquake Survivors Demand Right to Education and Shelter EIGHT MONTHS AFTER QUAKE, STILL NO SCHOOLS AVAILABLE FOR…
Partners In Health is constructing a world class training hospital in central Haiti--two reports
Rising Haiti hospital a symbol of future BY JACQUELINE CHARLES, Miami Herald, September 13, 2010 MIREBALAIS, Haiti -- When a new…
The Food Sovereignty Movement in Venezuela
By Anna Isaacs, Basil Weiner, Grace Bell, Courtney Frantz and Katie Bowen The following article was posted in two parts in November…
Education and the Cataclysm in Haiti: Interview with Rea Dol
While in Haiti in July, Montreal freelance journalist Darren Ell interviewed Rea Dol, Director and co-founder of Society of Providence…
Haiti's election: Unfair and undemocratic
Unfair and undemocratic By Ira J. Kurzban. The following commentary was posted to the website of the Miami Herald on Wednesday, Sept.…
Associated Press: Just 2 percent of quake debris in Haiti cleared
By TAMARA LUSH, Associated Press. Published in the Miami Herald, Sat, Sep. 11, 2010 From the dusty rock mounds lining the streets to a…
Eight months later, Haitians still endure 'shocking' living conditions
By John Bonnar. Published on Rabble.ca, September 11, 2010 A massive earthquake in Haiti last January that forced many people into…
In French: "Preconditions for the Development of Agriculture in Haiti"
Pré-condition pour le développement de l'agriculture en Haiti   Par Joseph Déjoie Haiti Liberte, le 18 août 2010   HAITI est un…
Agrarian reform: Lessons from Venezuela
Venezuela: Transforming agriculture   By Alan Broughton Published in Green Left Weekly (Australia), Sunday, September 5, 2010…
Montreal Gazette article: Women in storms' path
Women in storms' path By Sue Montgomery. The Gazette (Montreal) September 4, 2010 It's normal, an aid worker told her, not to…