The United States wants the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to cancel all of Haiti's debt, standing at some $447 million dollars, US Treasury sources said on Thursday.
US Seeks To Cancel Haiti’s $447 Million Dollar Debt To IDB
March 22, 2010
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Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Completes Relief Mission In Haiti
The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed Haiti March 10.
March 15, 2010
UN Reveals Worsening Of Environmental Problems In Haiti Following The Earthquake
Haiti’s environmental problems have become a great deal worse following January’s earthquake, which generated hundreds of tons of medical waste that no one knows how to manage and has created strong pressures on the scant forest resources that remain on the island.
March 15, 2010
Haiti Urgently Needs Hurricane Alert System: Scientists
Haitians desperately need a new hurricane alert system because communications were largely destroyed by January's devastating earthquake, experts warned Monday.
March 10, 2010
Haitians Get Food ‘Surge’
Aid groups in Haiti's shattered capital Port-au-Prince began handing out heavy bags of rice to thousands of post-quake homeless on the first day of a food "surge" designed to feed 1.9 million people for a month.
March 09, 2010
Soldiering Through The Silent Battle
Amidst the mid-day Caribbean heat and with anguished pleas for food, water and shelter resonating in his ears, U.S. Army Maj. Rob Schultz’s dusty boots tread the steep roads of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, like they have for the past twenty-some days.
March 09, 2010
Chayanne Returns To The Music Scene With Intensive Activity For Haitian And Chilean Victims
Puerto Rican singer and dancer “Chayanne” is returning to the music scene, following a three-year absence, with intensive activity to support the victims of the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, the artist announced in Mexico City, where he lived through the earthquake of 1985.
March 08, 2010
Military Engineers Train Haitians To Assess Building Damage
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command partnered with U.S. Navy Seebees, Air Force and Army engineers to train Haitian engineers on building assessment ensuring Haitian citizens are living in structurally sound buildings.
March 05, 2010
Salvadoran Hands Will Bring Hope to Haitian Earthquake Amputees
Six young Salvadoran volunteers with expertise in making prosthetic limbs will bring hope to hundreds of Haitians who lost a limb in the earthquake that devastated that impoverished Caribbean country in January.
March 04, 2010
The Rainy Season in Haiti Has Already Caused Fatalities
A new catastrophe threatens Haitians following the earthquake that caused 222,500 deaths and left more than a million people homeless: the rainy season, which has already caused several fatalities and evacuations.
March 03, 2010
US Troops To Stay In Haiti For Time Being
American troops will remain in Haiti for the foreseeable future to help the quake-ravaged country get back on its feet, the US ambassador to the Caribbean nation told AFP Thursday.
March 01, 2010
Top US Military Official Visits Quake-Hit Haiti
The top military adviser to US President Barack Obama visited Haiti on Friday to evaluate the situation more than six weeks after a massive earthquake devastated much of the country.
March 01, 2010
