Archivo etiqueta «Haití»
By Laurent Dubois, the author of Haiti: The Aftershocks of History and Deborah Jenson, the author of Beyond the Slave Narrative. They are co-directors of the Haiti Humanities Laboratory at Duke (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 09/01/12):
HAITI wasn’t always the “poorest nation in the Western hemisphere,” though it’s almost impossible to read about the country today without coming across that phrase. In the two years since the earthquake that devastated it, Haiti has experienced political conflict and its first ever cholera epidemic; hundreds of thousands of the displaced are still living in makeshift tents strewn like dusty … Seguir leyendo
Por Jorge Heine, abogado, diplomático, exministro de Estado chileno y catedrático CIGI de Gobernanza Global en la Escuela Balsillie de Asuntos Internacionales en Waterloo, Ontario. Su libro, Fixing Haiti: MINUSTAH and Beyond, está publicado por United Nations University Press (EL PAÍS, 30/09/11):
No ha sido un buen año para los cascos azules en Haití. A las acusaciones de que la epidemia de cólera que le costó la vida a más de 6.000 haitianos se habría originado en las tropas nepalesas, se añade un vídeo reciente mostrando a soldados uruguayos abusando de un adolescente haitiano. Varios políticos haitianos han exigido el … Seguir leyendo
By Isabelle Dupuy, a Haitian writer who lives in London (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 07/09/11):
Once upon a time you could tell from the moment you walked into the departures terminal in Miami or New York where the check-in counter was for the flight to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
It was usually the last one and the queue consisted only of Haitians. All kinds of Haitians — women wearing their excess luggage, diaspora families with neat little children, “rappeurs” (as my father would say with a guttural “r”) in their overly branded outfits, jean-and-T-shirt students like me on our annual visit … Seguir leyendo
By Selma James, founder of the International Wages for Housework Campaign and author of The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community (THE GUARDIAN, 21/03/11):
The return of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family to Haiti ends seven long years of campaigning – the 92% of voters who elected him had never accepted his overthrow in 2004 by a US-backed military coup. They risked their lives against a UN occupation that killed and brutalised thousands to demand his return. And last Friday he flew back from South Africa, where he had been living in forced exile, … Seguir leyendo
By Amy Wilentz, the author of The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 16/03/11):
Say the name Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Haiti this week, and it’s as if the revolutionary slave leaders Toussaint Louverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines were still riding over the plains and mountains here, astride Delacroix-worthy steeds, making their descent with sabers drawn upon the vast plantations of the French masters.
The Haitians one meets on the street or in their little shops or in the market or on the byways of the countryside and in the shantytowns of the provincial capitals are for the … Seguir leyendo
By Mark V. Vlasic, an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University who worked on the Haiti/Duvalier asset recovery team while serving as head of operations of the World Bank’s StAR Secretariat and Greg Cooper, a law student at the University of Texas (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 04/02/11):
When Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali abruptly fled Tunisia‘s chaos,becoming an exile of a nation that he and his wife reportedly used as their personal cookie jar, it was deja vu all over again.
Amid rumors that Mr. Ben Ali fled along with 1.5 tons of gold (worth approximately … Seguir leyendo
By Kim Ives, an editor with Haïti Liberté newsweekly, the host of a weekly Haiti show on WBAI-FM, and a filmmaker who has helped produce several documentaries about Haiti (THE GUARDIAN, 21/01/11):
Confidential US diplomatic cables from 2005 and 2006 released this week by WikiLeaks reveal Washington’s well-known obsession to keep exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide out of Haiti and Haitian affairs. (On Thursday, Aristide issued a public letter in which he reiterated “my readiness to leave today, tomorrow, at any time” from South Africa for Haiti, because the Haitian people “have never stopped calling for … Seguir leyendo
By Amy Wilentz, the author of The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier, a professor in the literary journalism program at UC Irvine and currently working on a book about Haiti after the earthquake (LOS ANGELES TIMES, 16/01/11):
Here’s what’s wrong with Haiti right now: A year after an earthquake ripped through the capital and nearby towns like an atomic bomb, killing an estimated 300,000 people, the Haitian government is wasting its limited energies politicking rather than working on a serious recovery plan. Pushed by an international community that wants to know what government it will be dealing with … Seguir leyendo
By Marjorie Valbrun, a writer living in Washington (THE WASHINGTON POST, 12/01/11):
It’s hard to believe that a year has elapsed since an earthquake destroyed Haiti. It’s harder still to gird myself for the anniversary of wrenching images that will recall the suffering.
It seems illogical to feel apprehensive about an event experienced mostly through the safe distance of a television screen. Yet for us Haitian Americans who’ve spent most of our hyphenated lives in the United States, Jan. 12 has become a permanent scar on our psyches, a combination of sadness and survivor’s guilt. It’s a … Seguir leyendo
Por Catherine Ashton, alta representante de la UE para Asuntos Exteriores y Política de Seguridad; Andris Piebalgs, comisario de Desarrollo de la UE; y Kristalina Georgieva, comisaria de Cooperación Internacional, Ayuda Humanitaria y Respuesta a las Crisis (EL MUNDO, 12/01/10):
De todas las catástrofes que azotaron el mundo en 2010, el terremoto de Haití produjo la herida que más cuesta curar. Hoy, un año después del segundo seísmo conocido más destructor de la Historia, la herida sigue abierta y en parte agravada por nuevos problemas como el huracán Tomás, la epidemia de cólera y la volatilidad … Seguir leyendo
Por Irina Bokova, directrice générale de l’Unesco et Michaëlle Jean, envoyée spéciale de l’Unesco pour Haïti et ancienne gouverneure générale du Canada (LE MONDE, 12/01/11):
Un an après le séisme qui a fait près de 250 000 morts, ravagé des villes entières et transformé la capitale Port-au-Prince en champ de ruines, Haïti continue de s’enfoncer dans le chaos. La situation est indigne. Plus de 1 million de personnes vivent toujours dans des camps d’urgence, dans des conditions d’hygiène et de promiscuité désastreuses. Le choléra en a déjà tué plus de 2 500. En douze mois, la crise humanitaire est … Seguir leyendo
By Alex Dupuy, a native of Haiti, professor of sociology at Wesleyan University and the author most recently of The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti (THE WASHINGTON POST, 09/01/11):
The international response to the earthquake that struck Haiti nearly a year ago was immediate and massive. The devastation was massive as well: The quake killed more than 200,000 people, injured more than 300,000, destroyed more than 250,000 homes and displaced more than 1.5 million people, 1 million of whom are still living in makeshift shelters in hundreds of camps.
The cost of the damage … Seguir leyendo
By Kenneth Merten, the U.S. ambassador to Haiti (THE WASHINGTON POST, 09/01/11):
When I arrived in Haiti as ambassador, unemployment was rampant, the government could not provide basic services such as education and health care, and only 12 percent of the population had access to electricity. And that was in August 2009 – months before the devastating earthquake that struck the country almost one year ago.
The 35 seconds of terror that Haiti suffered on Tuesday, Jan. 12, resulted in 230,000 deaths and hundreds of thousands of injuries, left almost 2 million people homeless, decimated the economy and exacerbated … Seguir leyendo
By Kettly Mars, novelist whose short story has appeared in the collection Haiti Noir (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 02/01/11):
Jan. 12, 2010, 4:53 p.m., a high-magnitude telluric wave twisted the ground under our feet. In just 35 seconds about 300,000 people lost their lives and more than one million souls in three cities became homeless. How eerie the huge cloud of dust rising in the dying day over Port-au-Prince, and spreading up to this suburb of the capital. How unreal the sound of car alarms blasting under the building debris.
I believe that in all bad things there … Seguir leyendo
Par Jean-Philippe Belleau, professeur à l’université du Massachusetts à Boston (LE MONDE, 31/12/10):
Il y a près d’un an, le tremblement de terre du mardi 12 janvier détruisait la capitale haïtienne et plusieurs centaines de milliers de vies. Micha Gaillard, militant des droits de l’homme, intellectuel, homme politique haïtien et fils du plus grand historien de l’île, était de ceux-là. Sa mort éclaire les maux antérieurs et postérieurs au séisme. Pendant deux jours, coincé au niveau des cuisses, il parvint, avec calme et courage, à parler avec ses amis venus l’aider mais qui ne trouvèrent jamais l’équipement minimum qui … Seguir leyendo