by Peter Hallward (for UK Guardian) Cholera is just the latest disaster to be linked to the UN in Haiti – and the election won’t change the nature of the mission Almost everyone now accepts that the United Nations brought cholera to Haiti last month. The evidence is overwhelming and many experts (including the head …
Philip J. Crowley Assistant Secretary Daily Press Briefing Washington, DC August 10, 2010 INDEX FOR TODAY’S BRIEFING DEPARTMENT Aid to Pakistan/U.S. Providing Additional $20 Million to Pakistan/Brings Total to $55 Million U.S. Tracking Situation of Flood in India/Working Closely with Indian Government China/$200,000 provided to the Red Cross Society of China Russia/ $50,000 to Assist …
Haitian General Elections Marred by Cholera Epidemic: Port-au-Prince, Nov 23 Haiti will hold its legislative and general elections on Nov. 2010 Wall of the Petionville camp, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with posters of the presidential candidate People wait in line to cast their vote during general elections in Cap-Haitien, Haiti Women wait in line to cast …
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Haitian Women and Elections: Presidents, Politics and Power: “Reconstructing Haiti is not about buildings, projects, or money. It’s about power — about who gets to control what the future Haiti looks like. Redistributing power, and creating a new society based on different theories and practices of it, are perhaps more important in the aftermath of …
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Amid Haitian Crisis, Opportunity: “When people ask me, as they do all the time, ‘Is there any cause for hope in Haiti?’ I answer yes. It’s more tempting to think that the situation is so hopeless that it can’t any worse, especially right now. Last week, Hurricane Tomas brought three days of heavy storms, causing …
