Tag: Haiti

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 19:09 UTC

  Death Toll From Cholera in Haiti Nearly At 4,000

  

  Over 3,900 Haitians have died of cholera since the outbreak began mid-October, officials in the western hemisphere's poorest nation informed.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2011 - 22:39 UTC

  Former Haiti Dictator Charged With Embezzling

  

  Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier has been charged with embezzling public funds Tuesday, but a judge must still decide whether the indictment can proceed.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2011 - 17:46 UTC

  UNASUR Statement in Support of Haiti One Year after the January 12, 2010 Earthquake

  

  The Member States of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) wish to express their continued support to the Government and people of Haiti in the extremely difficult circumstances that have prevailed since the devastation caused by the fateful earthquake that struck the country on January 12, 2010.One year later, we join with the people of Haiti and the world over in remembering the victims of that tragedy.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 22:58 UTC

  Haiti: Sexual violence against women increasing

  

  Women and girls living in Haiti’s makeshift camps face an increasing risk of rape and sexual violence, Amnesty International said in a new report released today.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2010 - 05:49 UTC

  OAS and Caricom validate Sunday’s election in Haiti in spite of fraud allegations

  

  The Organization of American States, OAS, and the countries of the Caribbean Common Market, Caricom, have validated Sunday’s presidential election despite irregularities that generated protests and allegations of fraud.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 03:18 UTC

  Haiti: A devastated country in the time of cholera

  

  With few signs of recovery nine months after Haiti’s earthquake, the country’s government and its main foreign-aid donors were forced to tout a rather underwhelming achievement—the absence of water-borne diseases like typhoid, diphtheria and cholera—as evidence of progress.

• Monday, August 30th 2010 - 07:10 UTC

  Venezuela, only Latin American economy (together with Haiti) to contract in 2010

  

  Venezuela's economy shrank 3.5% during the first half of 2010 compared to the same period a year earlier, the Central Bank said in a report that revealed a deep recession in the oil rich country ahead of September legislative elections.

• Monday, May 24th 2010 - 05:51 UTC

  Insulza takes oath as OAS Secretary General for second five-year period

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS), Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza will be sworn Monday for a second five year term. Chilean born Insulza will take the oath at a special meeting of the OAS Permanent Council in Washington DC.