Haiti News

The American Institute of Architects and Architecture for Humanity agreed to a partnership to coordinate advocacy, education and training to help architects make effective contributions to communities preparing for, responding to, and rebuilding after disasters.

Dean Donovan, part of the Ocean Atlantic Sotheby's International Realty team in Bethany, departed for Haiti Feb.

Two years following the earthquake, community-based organizations in Haiti are still advocating for the same changes and considerations as they did last year, namely land and housing rights, respect for national sovereignty in the reconstruction process and aid accountability.

Bluesman Junior Wells called Chicago the crossroads of the world and the city has been earning that very reputation for 175 years.

A makeshift camp in the Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, after the earthquake in February 2010.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration the Hon. Brent Symonette, right, greets His Excellency Michel Joseph Martelly, President of the Republic of Haiti, left, upon his arrival at the Odyssey Airport on Tuesday, February 7, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday met with Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, who is visiting Washington for talks on his country's post-earthquake reconstruction efforts.

Haiti has made some progress in restoring the rule of law, the United Nations independent expert on the human rights situation in the Caribbean country said today, citing as examples the appointment of the president of the highest appellate court and the upcoming establishment of the supreme council of the judiciary.

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Amy King, leader of local efforts to benefit Haiti, shares some cherished images of her trips to Haiti... some by her, some by other photographers.

We are updating ELCA.org to serve you better. Our online donation website will be off-line Tuesday, February 7th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. . To make a donation, please call 800-638-3522, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. . CHICAGO -- The commitment between members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the people of Haiti was ... (more)

Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier greets the crowd before being escorted from his hotel by police in Port-au-Prince in 2011.

Faced with an influx of thousands of Haitians into its Amazonian frontier, Brazil has reacted by cracking down, offering a view into its growing pains as it wields greater regional influence and emerges as an immigration magnet.

Guerlens Louis, a 1-year-old boy from Haiti, is scheduled to undergo surgery Wednesday afternoon.

Haiti is suffering the world's worst cholera epidemic, killing more than 7,000 people since the outbreak began in October 2010.

It's been two years since hell paid Haiti a visit, but for countless women, terror still stalks the ruins.

In a 2011 Forum on the Crisis of Housing in Haiti , a group of camp residents and advocates asked "grassroots organizations and all other movements to mobilize with us on the housing issue so that we can achieve this dream of justice and liberty." Today, with more than 500,000 people still living under sun-scorched tarps two years after the ... (more)

Of all the colonies in America, the most profitable to the coloniser was Saint Domingue, where the slaves produced more wealth for France than the North American colonies did for England.

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Like so many across the world, Mandeville resident Melissa Breedlove said her heart went out to the people of Haiti two years ago when a devastating earthquake struck the poverty-stricken country.