January 18, 2014
Categories: Judicial, Politics
Tags: Aristide, Jean Dominique, Lavalas
See on Scoop.it – 501c3 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) – Formal charges were filed against former Senator Mirlande Libérus who is said to have worked by the instruction of former President Jean Bertrand Aristide and other members of Fanmi Lavalas for the murder of… Alex Lizzappi‘s insight: Aristide’s Lavalas members formally charged in murder of […]
January 18, 2014
Categories: Human Rights, Slavery
Tags: brazil
See on Scoop.it – 501c3 The South American country was the last place in the Americas to abolish slavery. Alex Lizzappi‘s insight: Photos Reveal Harsh Detail Of Brazil’s History With Slavery See on www.npr.org
January 18, 2014
Categories: Solar, Technology, Water
Tags: green energy, water
When most students are on Facebook, they aren’t trying to advance awareness of post-earthquake Haiti. Fewer still are designing and coordinating a project to bring clean water to communities within the country. However, for a group of students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), that is exactly what they do. The living conditions in Haiti are […]
January 16, 2014
Categories: Economy, Farming, Haiti, Natural Disaster, United States
Tags: 2010 earthquake, Usaid
See on Scoop.it – 501c3 The United States spent $2.8 billion to help Haiti rebuild, but the results have been a disaster of a different kind. See on www.globalpost.com
January 16, 2014
Categories: Economy, Haiti, Natural Disaster, United States
Tags: 2010 earthquake, farming, food program, Usaid
See on Scoop.it – 501c3 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The idea that the delivery of American food aid needs an overhaul goes almost without question here in the capital of a nation still recovering from the devastating earthquake of four years ago. Alex Lizzappi‘s insight: The turning point in the debate over U.S. food aid […]