The night after the earthquake, Haitians who had lost their homes, or who feared that their houses might collapse, slept outdoors, in the streets and parks of Port-au-Prince. In Place Saint-Pierre, across the street from the Kinam Hotel, in the suburb of Pétionville, hundreds of people lay under the sky, and many of them sang hymns: “God, you are the one who gave me life. Why are we suffering?” Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Insightful perspective about the tragedy in Haiti, and the failure of its government to rise to the occasion. The author suggests that other nations have a responsibility to go beyond emergency relief -- and devote long-term resources to help build a functional Haitian state that is not ruled by corrupt political and business elites.
To patch up a dying country and call it a rescue would leave Haiti forsaken indeed, and not by God. More »
A vacuous piece with little insightful information. Given the author's position as staff political reporter for the New Yorker some background on US near continuous involvement in Haitian crises would be expected.
A nice review of peoples' theories of why disasters happen to really poor countries, but nothing really new being said here.
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