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Haiti
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Beverly Bell , TruthOut
Sony
Esteus is squeezed into an elementary school chair, the kind with the
curved piece of wood in front, in a courtyard. Around him are chickens,
a fly-swarmed pile of compost, a truck and a tent. Sony runs his laptop
off of an extension cord running out a window. The... » read this article
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Bill Quigley , TruthOut
The United Nations reported there are 1.2 million
people living in "spontaneous settlements" or homeless camps around
Port-au-Prince. Three people living in the camps spoke with this author
this week, before the hard rains hit.
Jean Dora, 71
My name is Jean Dora. I was born in 1939. I live... » read this article
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Bill Van Auken , WSWS
2 February 2010
Ten members of a Baptist Church-affiliated “rescue” group from Idaho have been detained in Haiti, accused of child trafficking for attempting to spirit 33 Haitian children out of the country without any official permission.
The group claimed to be taking the children to an orphanage in the... » read this article
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