Mining of Haiti Resources and Riches

In an interview with Chris Scott, Haitian human rights attorney Marguerite Laurent discusses the important subject of “Mining of Haiti Resources and Riches” Listen to interview on mining in Haiti. Transcript is also available. A map showing some of Haiti’s mining and mineral wealth, including five oil sites in Haiti Oil in Haiti HLLN on [...]

“Haiti’s History” Conference

“Haiti’s History” Conference Haiti’s History: Foundations for the Future April 22-23, 2010 Duke University This two-day event will bring together leading scholars from Haiti and the United States to explore Haiti’s past and to work together towards guaranteeing a future for that past through projects aimed at supporting libraries, archives, and universities in Haiti in [...]

Colin Dayan says the best aid for the earthquake-ravaged nation is to empower its people

Source: Vanderbilt View: http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltview/articles/2010/02/01/real-help-for-haiti.105840 Colin Dayan says the best aid for the earthquake-ravaged nation is to empower its people by Jim Patterson An earthquake kills more than 150,000 people in Haiti. President Obama promises to help and the military mobilizes. There’s a televised concert to raise money, and people can text $10 donations though their [...]

President Thabo Mbeki on Haiti

Thabo Mbeki on Haiti  (Time Lives) “The Big Read: It was difficult to hold back the tears as a deluge of news told of the catastrophe visited on the people of Haiti by the earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince on January 12.  ON REFLECTION: Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Former president Thabo Mbeki says the people of Haiti are [...]

Sept priorités pour rebâtir Haïti

  Sept priorités pour rebâtir Haïti (LaCroix.com) “La communauté internationale se réunit lundi 25 janvier à Montréal pour coordonner l’aide et envisager la reconstruction du pays.” Voic ceux qu’ils ont propose: GOUVERNANCE: Remettre l’Etat haïtien au centre des décisions INFRASTRUCTURES : Répartir autrement l’espace foncier LOGEMENT : Un million de sans-abri attendent un toit SERVICES PUBLICS : Priorité à [...]

“Civilizing” Haiti

“Civilizing” Haiti (Boston Review) Colin Dayan It is now eight days since an earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, along with numerous other places that we do not hear much about—Carrefour Feuille, Léogane, Petit Goave, Miragoâne, Jacmel. My friends in Haiti report that the UN and the U.S. military and the countless humanitarian aid agencies are nowhere to [...]

Haiti: the Hate and Quake, by Sir Hilary Beckles

  The Hate and the Quake 1/19/2010 By Sir Hilary Beckles The University of the West Indies is in the process of conceiving how best to deliver a major conference on the theme “Rethinking and Rebuilding Haiti”. I am very keen to provide an input into this exercise because for too long there has been [...]

Petition to cancel Haiti’s debt

Dear friends, As the world sees the horror of Haiti’s earthquake, charitable donations are flooding in — Avaaz members alone have donated over $500,000 in less than a day. These funds are desperately needed. But even as they flow in, Haiti is sending money out–to pay off national debts run up by corrupt governments in [...]