Latin America’s African Roots Explored
Region: United States
Latin America’s African Roots Explored An article in UrbanMecca.com announced http:/www./urbanmecca.net that Black in Latin America, a new four–part series “on the influence of African descent on Latin ... more
Views: 2835Is Duvalier's Haiti Visit a Political Red Herring?
Region: HaitiBy Janine Mendes-Franco A little more than a year after a debilitating earthquake practically leveled the Haitian capital and destroyed innumerable surrounding towns, killing thousands and ... more
Views: 1456More Sri Lankan troops for United Nations
Region: Sri Lanka
By Munza Mushtaq Sri Lanka has decided to increase its army’s presence in the United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Mission. On a directive issued by the country's President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka will increase... more
Views: 1730On World Water Day, Charity: Water Calls for Support to Haiti
Region: Haiti
Today nonprofit charity: water kicked off World Water Day with a stirring video calling for support to Haiti, where they state that even before the recent earthquake, 1/3 of the population had no access to clean water. Tod... more
Views: 2262Clinton, Bush Bi-Partisan Haiti Fund Claims 200,000 Donations
Region: United StatesWhile purusing the web in order to edit and correct a few recently published articles, on one of them I came across an advertisment alongside of it requesting donations for the Bush-Clinton Haiti Fund, soliciting donations... more
Views: 2201Past Nuclear Testing Contributing To Natural Disasters?
Region: United StatesWith the continued discussions with respect to the monumental earthquake that occurred recently in Haiti, the largest recorded quake in the region for at least this past half century, a fundamental question has been posed ... more
Views: 2965Markets Reopen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, But Many Locals Too Poor To Buy
Region: Haiti
Residents of the Delmas 48 camp are selling household items. About 45,000 people moved to the camp after they were made homeless by an earthquake on 12 January 2010. Credit: Oxfam Oxfam is employing people affected by t... more
Views: 1908We Are The World, Part II
Region: United Statesreprint from www.backupamerica.org As the mainstream media and Hollywood musicians gear up for another fundraiser for the relief efforts in Haiti with the release now of a recycled "We Are The World" video that was featur... more
Views: 2449'I have never seen Haiti as peaceful and the people as hopeful.'
Region: Haiti
I’ve been in many slums and many tent cities since day one. And I’ve always been impressed on how people quickly managed to go on with their lives. At the Ste Therèse Parc in Pétion-Ville I was am... more
Views: 1432Liberia Announces $50,000 Aid To Haiti Quake Victims
Region: Haiti
Story originally published on Ceasefire Liberia By: Our Staff Reporter Given the historic ties between Liberia and Haiti, the Liberian Government, during its first ... more
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