November 24, 2010
Categories: Elections
Tags: 2010 elections, diaspora
BOSTON — It was a typical late-October campaign event, with spectators straining to see a candidate, talk of change and pleas for support, but with one major difference — no one in the room could cast a ballot in the election. The candidate, Mirlande Manigat, is running for president of Haiti. Like most of her […]
November 24, 2010
Categories: Economy
Tags: microbanks, Uncategorized
Since the earthquake, microbanks have been working to keep credit flowing to businesses like this fabric store. CreditLeslie Thurman Léogâne, Haiti VENANTE LINO, a small-business owner who lost nearly everything in the devastating earthquake in January, stood in line here along with dozens of other impeccably dressed women, all waiting to pay the latest monthly […]
November 24, 2010
Categories: Elections, Natural Disaster
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People waited outside an office in Port-au-Prince for a chance to pick up national ID cards, which are required for voting in Sunday’s presidential election. CreditDamon Winter/The New York Times PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Crushed buildings from the January earthquake still spill out onto sidewalks here, people are collapsing from cholera at hospital doors and a […]
November 24, 2010
Categories: Infrastructure
Tags: clinton
Former President Bill Clinton, who has spent the past year championing Haiti, has a new job: co-czar of Haiti’s post-earthquake reconstruction. Clinton said Tuesday that he accepted the Haitian government offer to help lead the country’s reconstruction over the next 18 months. Former President Bill Clinton, who has spent the past year championing Haiti, has […]
November 24, 2010
Categories: NGOs
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United Way of Miami-Dade honored four community leaders and one outstanding young person whose works have had real and lasting impact in our community at its Annual Meeting and Volunteer Awards Ceremony, in June. Also at the meeting a new slate of officers, directors and trustees were elected. Gene Schaefer, president of Bank of America […]