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The Dichotomy of Haiti: Hell Meets, well, Heaven

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Jeremie, Gateway to Haiti?S South, Togo, Cayes-Jacmel, Jacmel, Coffee Merchants, Sri Lanka, Mario Benjamin, Leogane, French Quarter, Citadelle, Ewe, West Africa, Artibonite, Kenscoff, Dante?S Inferno, Franketienne, Poverty, Caribbean, Neuschwannstein, Ghana, Earthquake, Benin, Oiww, Rene Preval, Southern Province, Tourism, Nobel Prize, Cap Haitien, Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Petionville, Gonaives, Petit-Goave, Saint-Marc, Port-Au-Prince, Central Plateau, Impact News
Jim Luce

There is a fundamental dichotomy in Haiti between Heaven and Hell. I chose to embrace its heaven while trying to eradicate its hell.

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Haiti Storm Shreds Earthquake Survivors' Tents, Kills 5

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recovery, Haiti Storm, Petionville, Port Au Prince, Haiti, Homeless, Earthquake, Haiti Earthquake, Tents, Terrain Acra, World News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The sudden, powerful storm that ripped through Haiti's battered capital destroyed thousands of tents in the homeless cam...

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Frantz Zephirin's Heroic Portraits

Amy Wilentz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Galerie Monnin, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Petionville, Haiti Earthquake, Frantz Zephirin, Arts News
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Haiti: Diarrhea Threatens Infants and "We Are in Reaction Mode Instead of Planning Mode"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marbug Virus, Haven, Ebola, Reuters, Sanitation, Tiffany Keenan, Haiti Earthquake, Port-Au-Prince, Morality, Baby Food Scandal, Infant Mortality, Poverty, Homeland Security, H1n1, IDP Camps, Pit Toilets, Congress, Haiti, Biosurveillance, Testimony, Dr. Jim Wilson, Haitiblog, Petionville, Care, Diarrhea, Ngos, Twitter, Sars, Media Lies, Haiti Aid, Geochat, Argus, United Nations Haiti, Social Networking, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Hand washing is non-existent and raw sewage is flowing throughout the camps. Walk anywhere with peril. Human feces are everywhere, even in the ruins of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Port-au-Prince.

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Haiti: Eight Weeks After the Quake and Words Fail

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Foreign Aid, Haitiblog, Mass Graves, Children, Women's Health, Haiti, Petionville, Earthquake, Port Au Prince, Hillary Clinton, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

The doctor with us confirms that what we see is male, a boy, really, who was 8-12 years old when he died. Who was this boy? What would his mother want? Is she alive? Is she searching for him?

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