GeoEye And Google Elevate Insight: Destruction In Haiti, Then And Now Posted by: Caron Beesley on January 25, 2011 in Geospatial On January 12, 2011, the people of Haiti marked the one year anniversary of the 7.0 earthquake that devastated their country. It’s been a year since the disaster and signs of improvement dot the …
“Miami Rice”: The Business of Disaster in Haiti: “As we file this article, Port-au-Prince is thick with the smoke of burning tires and with gunfire. Towns throughout the country, along with the national airport, are shut down due to demonstrations. Many are angry over the government’s announcement on Tuesday night of which two presidential candidates …
In Haiti, there is an ongoing joke that the democratic process is not known as an election but a selection — implying a winnowing of the votes that has little to do with popular suffrage. On Sunday, the level of irregularities, reports of violence at voting centers and overall probability of voter fraud simply contributed …
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – Protesters throwing rocks and bottles lashed out against the Haitian government and United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti’s second largest city Monday, venting fear and anger over a cholera epidemic that many Haitians believe came from foreigners. The national police and U.N. forces used tear-gas to disperse hundreds of angry demonstrators who tried …
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Four candidates call for poll delay in cholera-hit Haiti: November 21, 2010 Four Haitian presidential candidates have called for postponing elections set for November 28 as the country struggles with a cholera epidemic that has claimed nearly 1,200 lives and protests targeting UN peacekeepers. Authorities have maintained that the election will not be postponed, but …
