BY JACQUELINE CHARLES JCHARLES@MIAMIHERALD.COM BOIS CARRE, Haiti -- The SUV slowly churns up the green mountainside, rocking from side-to-side as it struggles for traction on rocky terrain. Any wrong...
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Haiti’s recovery stalled
Mark Schneider, The Miami Herald | 21 Jul 2011 More than two months after his inauguration, Haitian President Michel Martelly still does not have a new government in place. The Parliament rejected...
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Trafficking, sexual exploitation of Haitian children in the Dominican Republic on the rise
Earthquake survivors are being smuggled across the border, then put to work as prostitutes, peddlers and beggars. BY GERARDO REYES AND JACQUELINE CHARLES GREYES@ELNUEVOHERALD.COM BOCA CHICA,...
Program aims to restore normal life to Haiti quake's youngest victims
BY HENNING ENGELAGE HENGELAGE@MIAMIHERALD.COM Haitian children who lost limbs in January's earthquake now have a chance to receive prosthetics and slowly return to everyday life with the help of a...
Schedule elections, U.S. Congress urges Haiti president
BY JACQUELINE CHARLES JCHARLES@MIAMIHERALD.COM Haitian President René Préval is being urged to move faster to schedule presidential and parliamentary elections in an earthquake-battered Haiti or risk...
Haiti's elderly earthquake victims struggle to survive with little help
BY LAURA FIGUEROA LFIGUEROA@MIAMIHERALD.COM PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Flies swarmed around Christiane Carystil's inflamed leg, yet despite her moans for help, there wasn't much the 87-year-old could do to...
Haiti: New website lets people help with specific projects
Taking a cue from other popular microlending sites that connect people directly to business owners looking for a capital, a new website is hoping to connect the Haitian diaspora directly to business...
In Haiti, small loans make a big impact
Microfinance organizations are working to lift Haiti out of poverty one tiny loan at a time. BY NIALA BOODHOO NBOODHOO@MIAMIHERALD.COM CABARET, Haiti -- Ask Clanise Paul how to spell her name, and...