So I’ve just turned 45. What a sweet age! Instead of asking people to only bring a quirky 45rpm record to my party next month, I’d rather give people an opportunity to donate money to the Canadian Red Cross for Haitian earthquake relief. As many of you know, the case
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Paul S. Graham: The Curious Case of Canada’s Missing Cholera Treatment Camp
Cholera kills. Since the UN brought the disease to Haiti last year, 6,000 have died. Because this disease thrives in countries that lack potable water and sewage treatment infrastructure, it is unlikely to be eradicated soon in that country. Cholera treatment facilities are likely to be an ongoing need in Haiti for some time to […]
Continue readingThe Dominion blogs: The Return of Former Haiti’s Democratically Elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide Is Crucial for his Health
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by Wadner Pierre
“The return is indispensable, too, for medical reasons: It is strongly
recommended that I not spend the coming winter in South Africa’s because in 6
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The Dominion blogs: Human Rights Groups Call for Immediate Arrest of Jean-Claude Duvalier January 17, 2011-Port-au-Prince and Boston- Today
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACTS:
Mario Joseph, Av., Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (Port-au-Prince, Haiti), mario@ijdh.org, 509-3701-9879
Brian Concannon Jr., Esq., Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (Boston, MA), brian@ijdh.org, 541-263-…
The Dominion blogs: HAITI: Hold New, Open, Fair Elections
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BY NICOLE PHILLIPS and NICOLAS ALBERTO PASCAL
www.HaitiJustice.org
Photo by Wadner Pierre
As a special team from the Organization of American States tries to resolve the country’s el…
JimBobby Sez: Harper’s Haiti Trip – Please, MSM, Don’t Go. Don’t Take Photos
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, Pryminister Harper is off to Haiti today. The official announcements say he’s going there to assess the relief effort. Over at Steve V’s Far and Wide, there’s a lot of skepticism and at least one commenter who says Harpe…
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