January 4, 2013
Categories: Economy, Sovereignty
Tags: religion
The archbishop of Port-au-Prince Monsignor Guire Poulard Thursday denounced unemployment and corruption in Haiti at the time of the feast of Our Lady of the Assumption celebrated in the town of Petit-Goave. In a church filled with worshipers, pilgrims from elsewhere and in the presence of government officials, parliamentarians, political leaders, members of civil society, […]
December 24, 2012
Categories: Foreign Policy, Sovereignty
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The garment industry is a global web of nightmares, where suppliers compete to offer their products at the lowest possible cost to stores like Walmart, The Gap and JCPenney. The cutthroat competition can mean starvation wages and unsafe conditions for the people working in sweatshops, the people who stitch, press and fold the T-shirts, pants […]
December 24, 2012
Categories: Foreign Policy, Infrastructure, Natural Disaster, Sovereignty, Water
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Nearly three years after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, uncleared rubble and ruined buildings remain in downtown Port-au-Prince. Vegetable vendors worked amid the debris.
December 24, 2012
Categories: History, Infrastructure, Natural Disaster, Recipients, Sovereignty
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In Aiding Quake-Battered Haiti, Lofty Hopes and Hard Truths – NYTimes.com. The New York Times shows that such post-disaster idealism came to be undercut by the enormousness of the task, the weakness and volatility of the Haitian government, the continuation of aid business as usual and the limited effectiveness of the now-defunct recovery commission that […]
November 30, 2012
Categories: Africa, Sovereignty
Tags: democratic institutions
Interview: Festus Mogae, former president of Botswana – News – All Africa. “The problem with us in Africa, the distinctive characteristic, is that individuals in many senses are more important than institutions. One criteria of development is that institutions must be more important than individuals. Political parties must be more important than their leaders. The […]