July 26, 2010
- PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) - Julie, her face a grimace of anguish, waits with her five children for a ride to their next shelter, to where more than 1,000 homeless Haitians have been ordered to go as hurricane season ramps up. They are packed and anxious and bound for Corail, a camp 12 miles from the capital.
There is a tug of war going on, right now between the nationals of the Republic of Haiti and a sector of the international community. The citizens of Haiti, the candidates to the presidential election, the political parties, the civil society, the churches (with the exception of the Voodoo imam) are all in unison.- PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) - Julie, her face a grimace of anguish, waits with her five children for a ride to their next shelter, to where more than 1,000 homeless Haitians have been ordered to go as hurricane season ramps up. They are packed and anxious and bound for Corail, a camp 12 miles from the capital.
There is a tug of war going on, right now between the nationals of the Republic of Haiti and a sector of the international community. The citizens of Haiti, the candidates to the presidential election, the political parties, the civil society, the churches (with the exception of the Voodoo imam) are all in unison.A key U.S. senator has sharply criticized Haiti's president, portraying him as an ineffectual leader who is hindering recovery from January's devastating earthquake.
A key U.S. senator has sharply criticized Haiti's president, portraying him as an ineffectual leader who is hindering recovery from January's devastating earthquake.
The concept of temporary, amid Haiti's teeming refugee camps, has morphed into a dismal variation of forever.
The concept of temporary, amid Haiti's teeming refugee camps, has morphed into a dismal variation of forever.
A teenage boy has traveled the distance. He arrived in Sacramento Saturday evening from Haiti and will get extensive reconstructive surgery and care from Shriner's Children's Hospital.