By Fran QuigleyIn February of 2013, I stood in a sweaty, overcrowded Port-au-Prince courtroom and watched as Jean-Claude Duvalier answered questions about hundreds of his political opponents being arrested, imprisoned, and killed during his tenure as Haiti’s “President
NY Times: Making Choices in the Age of Information:
According to classical theories, signaling thrives when consumers don’t have access to reliable information. But signaling actually works far better in an information-rich society than in a poor one. Port-au-Prince,
United Nations human rights officials urged authorities in Haiti to properly investigate and prosecute local police officers suspected of carrying out unlawful killings and acts of torture in the capital, Port-au-Prince, since last year.The Office of the UN High Commissioner for
United Nations human rights officials today urged Haitian authorities to ensure that the closure of camps for people displaced by last year’s catastrophic earthquake is done in a planned way as part of a broader plan to improve access to
IPS: Haitian Women Struggle to Keep Hope Alive, By Wadner Pierre: Haitian women like Saint Juste who work as street vendors are widely viewed as one of the country’s main economic engines. Their loud sales pitch on busy market
Time Magazine: Haiti’s Orphaned Kids: How the Quake Is Speeding Adoptions, by Siobhan Morrissey: Dressed in an orange floral pinafore with her hair neatly pulled back into cornrows, 7-year-old Marie Guerline Clerge Bryditzki could serve as the poster child for
Haiti has been hit by a major earthquake. Thousands appear to have died and many thousands of buildings damaged throughout the country, including even the apparent collapse of well-constructed buildings such as the Presidential Palace. The U.N. Headquarters in Port-au-Prince is also among the buildings
