Sunday, February 11, 2007

War in the Slum

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John began working in Cité Soleil, a slum of 300,000 people, a few months ago. He sees children at a clinic run by the Daughters of Charity,...
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Thursday, February 08, 2007

Pearl of the Antilles?

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Haiti was once known by the above title, though it may be difficult to believe today. The island, which was once lush and forested is now la...
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Where We Are Now

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Gerard LaTortue of Boca Raton, Florida, was installed as the interim prime minister of Haiti by the United States and other international po...
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Saturday, February 03, 2007

The Aristide Years: Haitian History Part III

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Jean Bertrand Aristide, formerly a Catholic priest, was Haiti’s first democratically elected leader. Widely popular among the poor, whom he ...
Sunday, January 28, 2007

Welcome to Our World

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I have always wanted to see a baby born. In one of the most common, yet profound miracles, one person becomes two. I got my chance this past...
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Friday, January 26, 2007

My Husband's Day at the Office

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John went to work today and had his camera stolen. He was outside photographing some burning tires in Cité Soleil when a group of felonious-...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Maxime's Obituary

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Maxime's obituary was in the Peoria Journal Star on January 24, 2007. We are grateful to report that today, the U.S. consulate in Port-a...
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Friday, January 12, 2007

The Brothers Karamazov

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Here’s some amazing trivia about The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky: it’s reputed to be Laura Bush’s favorite book. I don’t find it...

Haitian History Part II

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The United States’ treatment of Haiti did not improve markedly in the 20th century. From 1915 to 1934, U.S. forces occupied Haiti. Why? Many...
Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Maxime Petion, May 6, 1985 - January 9, 2007

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Maxime died this morning at Cleveland Clinic. He was 21 years old. We had hoped Maxime would get a new chance at a healthy life, but it was ...
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Monday, January 08, 2007

All Hangings Are Sad

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Saddam Hussein’s execution doesn’t have anything to do with Haiti, other than it happened while we were here. And it happened more than a we...
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Sunday, January 07, 2007

Haiti Started Rough

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I’m of the past is prologue school more than the past is a bucket of ashes school. So I have to start this discussion of Haiti with a very b...
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Saturday, January 06, 2007

Why Are Things So Bad in Haiti and What Can We Do About It?

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I received a comment on my last post from Debbie who visits the Missionaries of Charity in the Delmas section of Port-au-Prince a couple of ...
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Happy 2007!

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New Year’s Day is a big deal in Haiti, probably because it’s their independence day too. On January 1, 1804, after a bloody, 14-year war, th...
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Monday, December 25, 2006

Joyeux Noel!

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"Oh the weather outside is delightful. . ." Everything's upside down in Haiti, including the words to this song, though they a...
Sunday, December 17, 2006

One of the Differences Between the Haiti and the Dominican Republic

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Please make sure you read to the end of this post to discover what the photograph to the right is of. I haven't written much about Haiti...
Saturday, December 16, 2006

Kidnapping II

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Here are a few more points about the kidnappings. The kidnappings terrorize the rich and the poor. No class of people has been immune from b...
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Kidnapping

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I was going to write a post about the kidnapping that's been going on in Haiti lately. Then I read the post my husband wrote at his fant...
Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Trapped

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The vivid blue bowel of a sky was undiluted by clouds except where they ringed the horizon, strewn over the brown mountain peaks. With the s...
Sunday, December 10, 2006

The Face of AIDS in Haiti

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You may read reports of the numbers of children in the developing world who are afflictedwith HIV-AIDS. Here is one young man in Haiti who h...