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...Haitian judicial system seems to be in agreement. On Thursday, the Haitian judge investigating the case said the Americans should be released from jail but must remain in the country pending a final verdict. The 10 Baptist missionaries from Idaho were arrested on Jan. 29 after trying to take 33 Haitian children across the border to the Dominican Republic without legal documentation. The American women have denied that their actions had anything to do with child trafficking. (Read "Haiti's Children: Save Them, Don't Just Take Them...
Thank you for a very informative cover story on the Haitian tragedy [Jan. 25]. As an American, I was proud to read about the role the U.S. military is playing in rebuilding this nation. President Obama and Congress should offer potential enlistees in all branches of the armed services the option to be sent only to Haiti. There are many Americans who may not support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who would surely enlist in a volunteer effort to help assist Haitians recovering from the horrible earthquake...
Bill Clinton is right when he says all international efforts regarding Haiti are essential so "the Haitian people can reclaim their destiny." However, he misses one point that is key to Haiti's becoming self-sustaining, and that is cultural change. The mix of West African religious and cultural influences prevalent in the country, like voodoo, sends the message that life is dictated by magic, and planning has no effect on the future. Haitian culture must be redeveloped and restructured, and although the circumstances are tragic, this is a time to change in order for the country to move forward...
With the tales of miraculous rescues from the rubble of Port-au-Prince slowing to a trickle, the Haitian government called off the search for survivors of the devastating earthquake that flattened much of the capital on Jan. 12. Though the death toll is impossible to pinpoint, government officials estimated that 150,000 corpses have been interred in mass graves; tens of thousands more remain buried under debris. As aid organizations struggle to deliver emergency provisions to the ravaged disaster zone--the U.N.'s World Food Programme estimated it has fed hundreds of thousands of people but cautioned that...
...signs in broken English say it all: "We need help, food, watar." One Haitian radio station S.O.S. gives Haitians the opportunity to voice where they are and what they need. One man calls in and says he's from Delmas 83 and says that their area has yet to receive any aid. A story all too familiar, as growl of bellies in the streets grow louder...