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Popular Mechanics January 13, 2010 Cassie Rodenberg |
Could Haiti's Earthquake Tragedy Have Been Prevented? One group of scientists thinks so. Back in 2008, Eric Calais and Paul Mann, geophysicists who study fault lines in the Caribbean, predicted that Haiti would soon face such a devastating quake. |
Popular Mechanics January 13, 2010 Joe Pappalardo |
Tragedy in Haiti: The American Response When calamity on the level of Haiti's earthquake strikes, the first U.S. responders bear a heavy load. Outnumbered and overwhelmed, Navy sailors, Coast Guardsmen and professional urban rescue teams will be some of the first to save lives amid the rubble. |
IDB America August 2007 Peter Bate |
Homework: Plant a Tree Schoolchildren lead reforestation effort in a Haitian mountain village. |
IDB America October 2006 Peter Bate |
Fish Magnets On Haiti's southern peninsula, a simple underwater contraption that creates an anchorage for microscopic plants and animals and hiding places for small fish brings a measure of economic prosperity to traditional fishermen. |
IDB America September 2005 Paul Constance |
A Market with a View How two Haitian communities raised the level of the market they share. |
IDB America June 2005 |
IDB Supports Haiti's Public Sector The IDB approved a $5 million soft loan to Haiti to strengthen public sector institutions in charge of revenue collection, budget formulation and execution and government procurement. |
IDB America May 2004 Roger Hamilton |
Art of the Diaspora A new art exhibit celebrates Haitian expatriates' bond with their homeland. |
Reason March 2004 Brian Dohery |
Democracy in Haiti Haiti was supposed to prove the Clinton administration's belief that democracy and stability could be exported through American money and might. But one Clinton State Department spokesman, contemplating the realities of Haiti, was forced to admit to The Washington Times, "You can't impose democracy." |
IDB America August 2003 |
IDB reactivates Haiti program, honors hero The Board of Directors of the IDB in July announced agreements with the Government of Haiti that cleared the way for reactivating four investment loans totaling $145.9 million. |
Salon.com June 27, 2000 Michael Deibert |
Haiti's battered faith Impoverished, terrorized, their elections corrupted, the country's people still believe in their hero, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. |
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