Haiti American novelist Edwidge Danticat is the author of several books, including _Breath, Eyes, Memory_, _The Farming of the Bones_, _Krik? Krak!_ and _Brother, I’m Dying_. She joins us in our …
In Haiti, election authorities have released the names of nineteen candidates who have qualified to run in the upcoming presidential election. Candidates include former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, …
According to the UN-sponsored Haiti Reconstruction Fund, only two countries -- Brazil and Estonia -- have fully paid the pledged amount. The United States, France, Canada and many others have failed …
The Grammy Award-winning Haitian American musician Wyclef Jean has announced his candidacy for president in his home country of Haiti. Jean says he will speak as a voice of Haitian youth, who make up …
July 12 marked the six-month anniversary of the devastating earthquake here in Haiti that killed as many as 300,000 people and left much of the country in ruins. Up to 1.8 million people are living in …
Six months after the earthquake, many Haitians told us they have seen little in terms of recovery efforts despite the billions of dollars in aid pledged from around the world. At the heart of the …
Haiti remains a nation in ruins six months after one of the world's worst natural disasters killed more than 300,000 people. Thousands of bodies still lay under rubble. We begin today's show in …
"People are living in ravines. They are living on sidewalks, jammed up against other houses," says Beverly Bell of the group Other Worlds. "They are creating structures out of any temporary material …
We visited Camp Corail, one of the hundreds of camps for displaced people in Haiti. We spoke to two displaced Haitians, Romain Arius and Fenel Domercant. They talked about how little aid has trickled …