A jolt from earth just 15 kilometres from the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince has left a "minimum" of 100,000 dead. IPS analyses the consequences of the devastation, and the struggle to pick up the pieces and rebuild shattered lives in this impoverished country.
IPS reports bring home the dimensions of the tragedy from the historical and the wider regional perspective, and strengthen local input in partnership with The Haitian Times.
The
Morning After: Haiti Earthquake Victims Can
Only Rely on Each Other
A dispatch beginning at 10pm the night of the 12
January earthquake, which resumes the following
morning after IPS reporter, Ansel Herz, caught
some sleep in an open bus abandoned in downtown Port-Au-Prince. Credit: Ansel Herz
Mistrusting of Their Govt and UN, Haitians Place Hopes on US, Aristide
In Cite Soleil, Chanmas, Grand Goave, Tabarre, Leogane – almost everywhere it seems – people are dismissive of UN peacekeepers and the Haitian government, while hopeful that US troops will help lead a robust aid and reconstruction effort. Many of them also ask for the return of ex-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was pushed out in a 2004 US-backed coup.
Will US troops live up to the hopes some quake survivors have placed in them? Credit: Ansel Herz
Canadian Troops Drop Off Food in Cite Soleil, Haiti
Haphazard aid distribution in Haiti. A nearby Digicel card vendor said, "There's a better a way to do it." Credit: Ansel Herz
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