Tag Archives for Haiti
Haiti
Love/hate this image of Haiti. Because it’s so true.
Message to Aristide: Can’t this wait?
Anybody wondering what happened to the whole Aristide wants to come back to Haiti thing? You know,the former president, the first democratically-elected one, the one who was immensely popular among the urban poor, who was ousted in the middle of his second … Continue reading
The Word “Rape”
I found this video while browsing through my GoogleReader… and I have to say that I am not a fan. Certainly, a lot of what is said has truth behind it (though I wouldn’t exactly say that it is “true”). … Continue reading
Cholera Isn’t Sexy Anymore: the Cloud Forest Medical Clinic
I’ve got a friend who’s living in Haiti. He’s running a clinic with a partner, in the mountains, serving a huge community of people spread out over a huge expanse of space. Today he wrote an awesome post on his … Continue reading
Party in Post-Earthquake Haiti
I don’t really understand why all of a sudden everyone wants to head back to the island. I mean, it’s not exactly a prime tourist location right now. But the country is in such a vulnerable place, former presidents/dictators see … Continue reading
I’m Baaaack!
Haiti had a visitor today. None other than its ex-dictator, Jean-Claude Duvalier, “Baby Doc”. No one really understands what he is doing on the island. The official line seems to be that he is back to “help” the country, and … Continue reading
