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Why Do Aid Groups Stay in Lawless Haiti?
New York Times· 24 hours agoTwo American missionaries and a Haitian aid director were killed, the latest gang violence against aid groups in Haiti’s capital. Haiti’s bleak...
Haiti health system on verge of collapse, UN says
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days ago...of 11.5 million It has a land area of 27,800 sq km, which is slightly smaller than Belgium and about the same size as the US state of Maryland Chronic...
Damage lingers from 1886 Charleston earthquake
The Post and Courier· 13 hours agoWood is a material that tolerates seismic waves. Only 7 percent of Charleston's wood-frame structures experienced heavy damage after the 1886 earthquake,...
Biden says Kenya force can break the back of Haiti’s gangs
The Hill via AOL· 3 days agoPresident Biden on Thursday said that a Kenyan-led multinational police force can succeed in...
Kenyan president will receive White House praise over troops-to-Haiti move − but lack of action...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoKenya’s William Ruto will meet President Joe Biden during a rare US state visit from an African...
American missionary couple killed by gangs in Haiti
UPI· 2 days agoAn American missionary couple and a third person were killed Thursday evening by gangs in Haiti. David Lloyd III and his wife, Natalie, died in a gang...
Howden expands in Latin America with MiCRO acquisition
Life Insurance International via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoFinancial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. MiCRO, established by Mercy Corps and Fonkoze...
Foreign Interventions in Haiti: A Brief History
New York Times· 4 days agoFor decades, international soldiers have deployed to Haiti, sometimes leaving behind a troubled legacy. Kenyan police officers are soon heading to Haiti...
On This Day, May 21: Clara Barton founds American Red Cross
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIn 1960, the first of what would become a series of earthquakes that lasted through early June...
Alvin Baez Profile
Reuters· 2 days agoThe first camera I remember using was a Kodak 110-film camera, which she loved to use. My first assignment was covering demonstrations in Puerto Rico against U.S. Navy maneuvers. A photographer ...