News Links about Haiti
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Elections, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Haiti adelanta en un mes inicio campana electoral |
| Author/Source: | EFE La Nacion (Chile) |
| Brief: | El Consejo Electoral Provisional (CEP) informo hoy que decidio adelantar para el 27 de septiembre proximo el inicio de la campana electoral con miras a las elecciones presidenciales y legislativas del 28 de noviembre |
| Location: | Haiti, South America Regional |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | La Unasur ya tiene oficina en Haiti |
| Author/Source: | Pagina/12 |
| Brief: | La Unasur inauguro ayer la secretaria tecnica UnasurHaiti, en el marco del Plan de Trabajo acordado por el presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa -a cargo de la presidencia pro-tempore del bloque- y por el secretario ejecutivo, Nestor Kirchner |
Monday, August 30, 2010
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Natural Disasters |
| Title: | Plans and Benchmarks for Haiti |
| Author/Source: | The New York Times |
| Brief: | Haiti's urgent and unmet needs are staggering. |
Thursday, August 26, 2010
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Elections, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Wyclef Jean cannot appeal against Haiti presidency ruling |
| Author/Source: | Sean Michaels Guardian Weekly |
| Brief: | With officials refusing to review his file, Jean will now reportedly file a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. |
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Elections, Essays And Analysis, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Wyclef Jean has a role in Haiti, but not as president |
| Author/Source: | The Los Angeles Times |
| Brief: | Jean could play a constructive role in the wide-open race, either by endorsing another candidate, which would catapult that person into the lead, or by simply advocating for political participation. |
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
| Location: | Chile, Haiti |
| Category: | International Community, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Video: SPMAGTF supports Continuing Promise 2010 |
| Author/Source: | Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System |
| Brief: | Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force in support of Continuing Promise 2010 aboard the USS Iwo Jima stop in Haiti for a 10-day Humanitarian Assistance mission. |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Overseas Military Missions, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Haitian community thanks U.S. troops for new school |
| Author/Source: | Jessica M. Lopez U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | The community gathered to celebrate a new school U.S. troops built in Mandrin as a part of New Horizons-Haiti 2010, a nearly four-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission that is providing continued U.S. military help to the earthquake-devastated n |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Louisiana National Guard, Belize Defence Force join forces to help Haiti |
| Author/Source: | David C. Kirtland U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | The task force is leading the New Horizons-Haiti, a humanitarian and civic assistance exercise in Haiti from June - September 2010. U.S. National Guard troops are providing free health care and construction projects in various communities during the miss |
Monday, August 23, 2010
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Elections, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Wyclef Jean to appeal against disqualification from Haiti presidential race |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press Guardian Weekly |
| Brief: | Wyclef Jean said yesterday he was not abandoning his bid to run for the presidency of Haiti and would attempt to get the courts to overturn a decision to disqualify him from the race. |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Elections, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Clef fallen |
| Author/Source: | The Economist |
| Brief: | Late Friday night, Haiti's electoral council deemed Wyclef Jean, the Haitian-born hip-hop star, ineligible to run for the presidency. Presumably, the council acted on a straightforward interpretation of the Haitian constitution, which requires president |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Natural Disasters |
| Title: | Despite 'all that money,' more than 1 million Haitians remain displaced by January earthquake |
| Author/Source: | Edward Cody The Washington Post |
| Brief: | More than seven months after the earthquake that devastated Haiti on Jan. 12, an estimated 1.3 million Haitians -- 15 percent of the population -- are still living in tents or under leaky tarps. |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Natural Disasters, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Haitian quake shook leader to his core |
| Author/Source: | Joe Mozingo The Los Angeles Times |
| Brief: | 'As a person I was paralyzed,' says President Rene Preval, recalling the suffering he saw. He's quiet for a politician, even humble; but his silence since the disaster enrages many. |