Haitian Village

3/9/2010      Bill Clinton and George W. Bush put together team to oversee Haiti aid fund

By Philip Rucker
Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush announced late Tuesday that they have appointed a six-member board of former Democratic and Republican senior government officials to oversee the humanitarian fund the presidents established in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti.

3/9/2010      Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean fights back tears as she addresses a women's group in Jacmel, Haiti.

CTV.ca News Staff

Gov.-Gen. Michaelle Jean met with local leaders in her family's hometown city of Jacmel Tuesday and described her "big dream" of a revitalized port in the wake of January's devastating earthquake.

On the second day of her two-day visit to the read more »

3/9/2010      Clinton says elections key to Haiti stability

Clinton, speaking to reporters after meeting with Haitian President Rene Preval, said rescheduling elections delayed by the January 12 earthquake should be a top priority "to ensure the stability and legitimacy of the Haitian government."

"I assured President Preval that the United States would work with the read more »

3/8/2010      Haiti frees U.S. missionary held over kidnapping

(Reuters) - A court in Haiti on Monday freed a U.S. missionary jailed for weeks on charges of kidnapping children in the chaos that followed the country's devastating January 12 earthquake, witnesses said.

Charisa Coulter was due to fly out of Haiti for the United States. Haiti read more »

3/8/2010      Long-term food aid risk to Haiti economy - Preval

By Matthew Bigg

PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 8 (Reuters) - Haitian President Rene Preval plans to tell U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday that food aid to the earthquake-devastated Caribbean nation should be stopped because of the risk of damaging its economy.

The two men will read more »

3/7/2010      Haiti rebuilding plan expected this week

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Government planners and international experts are racing to produce a blueprint this week to reconstruct Haiti's economy after the earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people and devastated its infrastructure.
A team of 150 Haitian government officials and 90 international experts is to submit the plan read more »

3/7/2010      US troops withdrawing en masse from Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – U.S. troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitians anxious that the most visible portion of international aid is ending even as the city is still mired in misery and vulnerable to unrest.
As troops packed their duffels and began to fly home this read more »

3/4/2010      Dominican Republic to host international conference of Haiti donors

Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic will host the international conference of high level technical donors who’ll evaluate the economic consequences of the quake Haiti.

The conclave slated for March 16 and 17 will serve as the base for the meeting on March 31 in the United Nations in New York, where read more »

3/4/2010      AES Corporation restores power to important sector of Port-au-Prince

Santo Domingo.- A team of technicians of the multinational company AES Corporation from several countries restored the energy service to an area of the capital Port-au-Prince, where they concluding the installation of the substation in Verraux this week, to supply electricity to one Haiti’s most important industrial and residential zones.

3/4/2010      Haiti wants more information on foreign aid

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's prime minister demanded more information on Wednesday about foreign aid pouring into the earthquake-stricken country and urged that his government not be sidelined in reconstruction efforts.

The issue is sensitive for international donors who considered corruption a major read more »