A Boston-based human rights group said Wednesday it will sue the United Nations in 60 days if the world body does not agree to compensate Haitian cholera victims, apologize to the Caribbean nation for introducing the disease through its peacekeeping force, and launch a major effort to improve sanitation.
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This article rubs me the wrong way. It is suggested that we are on the right track, even if it is taking too long, and that all that is needed are a couple of billions of dollars to fix this mess. Oh, and Kerry is the person to do this!
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The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which ripped through southern Haiti in October, will extend beyond destruction and injury. The current and future food security looks bleak barring significant intervention during the next year, according to a University of Michigan report
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Haiti’s Civil Protection network received a substantial boost with the presentation of SUVs, trucks, boats, canoes, 11,000 solar radios, tents and other disaster-response equipment presented as gifts to the Government of Haiti by the U.S. Department of Defense.
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After years of rumors that mining companies were exploring in Haiti, Canadian and U.S. corporations now confirm they have permits to mine gold in more than 1,000 square miles in northern Haiti.
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The ex-soldiers and their young recruits have been pressing President Michel Martelly to honor his campaign goal of restoring the armed forces.
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He is trying to quell rumors that he gave up his citizenship and is not eligible to hold office. So far Michel “Lucky” Martelly is not very lucky.
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Two years after the earthquake and thousands of deaths later, the debate about whether to use the cholera vaccine in Haiti continues
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Since October 2010, when a Cuban medical mission first detected cholera in Haiti, the disease has killed 6,600 people and sickened more than 476,000 — nearly 5% of the nation’s population — in what United Nations officials call the world’s highest rate of the disease.
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Czech supermodel Petra Nemcová has been named Honorary Consul of Haiti in Prague, in a ceremony held at the island nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Dec. 1, the second anniversary of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people and left another 1.5 million people homeless
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