By COHA Research Associate Ethan Katz and Visiting Scholar Daniel Boscov-Ellen
Over the last few months there has been a surfeit of talk in the international community over what should be done for Haiti. However, in almost all of these discussions Haiti’s historical context is completely excised – it is almost as if the country had only come into
Quake Accentuated Chasm That Has Defined Haiti
By SIMON ROMERO
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The lights of the casino above this wrecked city beckoned as gamblers in freshly pressed clothes streamed to the roulette table and slot machines. In a restaurant nearby, diners quaffed Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Champagne and ate New Zealand lamb chops at prices rivaling those in Manhattan.
By Ted Widmer
The United States has been leading the response to the Haitian earthquake for all of the reasons that we would expect: our geographical proximity, our competence at emergency response, and our innate generosity. That fits the narrative most of us hold in our heads, for we typically think of Haiti and America as a basket case and a basket, joined only by their contradictions, and the beneficence of one to the other.
By Colber Prosper and Joe Fitzgerald III, Guest Column
Symbols of Haitian history represented on mural in Labadie, Haiti
His name was Cristoforo Colombo, but Americans know him as Christopher Columbus. During his time, it was commonly thought that the world was flat; However, many scholars believed that the world was round. Columbus was the one to prove it. He set sail to find a
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Haiti is going through a desperate situation due to the need for houses and jobs left by the January quake, without forgetting deforestation, an evil affecting the country for many years.
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