Port-au-Prince Still Buried Under the Rubble of Competing NGOs By Georgianne Nienaber, January 7, 2011, Source: Op Ed News Both OXFAM and the Disaster Accountability Project released reports this week that enhance already serious criticism of the relationship between the Government of Haiti and NGOs, and the inability of both to offer support to the […]
Monthly archives for January, 2011
Cuban medics in Haiti put the world to shame
Cuban medics in Haiti put the world to shame Castro’s doctors and nurses are the backbone of the fight against cholera By Nina Lakhani Sunday, 26 December 2010 | Source: The Independent AFP/Getty Images Jacklin Anore, 24, a cholera patient at the Cuban-run Nicolas Armand hospital in Arcahaie, north of Port-au-Prince. Cuba has some 1,200 […]
Haiti’s Misery, Our Disgrace
Haiti’s Misery, Our Disgrace Port-au-Prince is still in ruins, cholera rages, the UN proves useless. We all stand indicted. By Crawford Kilian, 4 Jan 2011, Source: TheTyee.ca Two children receive oral rehydration treatment for cholera at La Piste camp. Credit: Amanda George/British Red Cross. Creative commons Flickr image. January 12 marks the first anniversary of […]
Diplomat in Haiti to be dismissed for criticizing OAS, NGOs
Diplomat in Haiti to be dismissed for criticizing OAS, NGOs Source: lo-de-alla.org | News and views from Latin America, Dec. 29, 2010 Ricardo Seitenfus claims coup against Préval was suggested [Abridged translation of an interview by BBC Brazil as published in Folha for December 29. See original here and related article here.] By FabrÃcia Peixoto […]
Congratulations Joseph Makhandal Champagne, Jr – Mayor, South Toms River
Congratulations Joseph Makhandal Champagne, Jr – Mayor, South Toms River Re:January 1, 2011 – Historic Inauguration of HLLN’s Joseph Makhandal Champagne, Jr. as Mayor of the Borough of South Toms River Attorney Joseph Makhandal Champagne, a member of the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network executive board, becomes the first elected Haitian-American Mayor in New Jersey’s History […]
OAS Diplomat’s Words Rattle Haiti’s Occupation Regime
OAS Diplomat’s Words Rattle Haiti’s Occupation Regime by Roger Annis, Dec. 28, 2010, Source: Upside Down World As the one-year anniversary of Haiti’s earthquake approaches, a brutally frank account of the plight of its people has been delivered by a highly placed diplomat. Ricardo Seitenfus, the representative to Haiti of the Organization of American States, […]
Christian Missionary played savior while abusing Haiti Street kids
For more info, go to: Justice for Haiti prevailed: Perlitz going away for a long time by Ezili Dantò of HLLN and The Douglas Perlitz Case ****** Sentencing for Christian Missionary Douglas Perlitz Haiti Child sex abuser Humanitarian aid workers and United Nation peacekeepers are sexually abusing small children in several war-ravaged and food-poor countries […]
OAS Removes Special Representative in Haiti from Post
OAS Removes Special Representative in Haiti from Post Source: Latin American Herald Tribune SANTO DOMINGO – The Organization of American States removed its special representative in Haiti, Ricardo Seitenfus, from his post, a diplomat said on condition of anonymity. The move came after the publication in a Swiss newspaper of remarks attributed to the diplomat […]