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| 2010 FEBRUARY
Feb. 8, 2010
In Haiti, Recovery Hinges on Fixing Government
Nearly a month after the earthquake in Haiti, the government in Port-au-Prince remains tattered. Ray Suarez takes a closer look at the state of Haiti's government and what it means for rebuilding efforts.
 
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| Feb. 8, 2010
Aid Groups in Haiti Launch Massive Vaccination Effort
With conditions on the ground ripe for a disease outbreak, aid groups in Haiti have launched a campaign to vaccinate more than 100,000 people against measles, diphtheria and tetanus. Emma Murphy of ITN reports.
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| Feb. 5, 2010
Understanding Haiti's Catastrophe through a Poet's Eyes
Michele Voltaire Marcelin, an artist, poet, spoken word performer and teacher, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Since the earthquake struck that country last month, she has been struggling to make sense of the destruction.
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| Feb. 5, 2010
Dispatch from Haiti: Baby Jenny's Journey
Kathie Klarreich, a freelance writer, sent us the story of one child's rescue from the earthquake rubble in Haiti, her transfer to the United States for medical treatment, and her family's eager anticipation of her return.
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| Feb. 4, 2010
Haiti Looks to Rebuild Shattered Government
Haiti's leaders are turning toward rebuilding its shattered government as earthquake recovery continues. Ray Suarez reports.
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| Feb. 3, 2010
Haiti Scrambles to Find Shelter for Quake Survivors
Haiti's heavy spring rains are getting closer, but as Ray Suarez reports, millions of earthquake survivors are still living in Port-au-Prince under rigged up tarps and bedsheets.
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| Feb. 3, 2010
Haitian Government Strives to Regain Footing After Quake
As part of the NewsHour's recent reporting trip to Haiti, the country's Minister of Tourism Patrick Delatour, who also heads the reconstruction commission, spoke with Ray Suarez about the government's reaction to the quake and the outpouring of international aid.
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| Feb. 2, 2010
In Haiti's Aftermath, Interest in Adoption Spikes
Since last month's earthquake, there has been an exodus of young children from Haiti to new homes in the U.S. Tom Bearden reports.
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| Feb. 2, 2010
Haiti's Quake Leaves Behind a Generation of Child Amputees
In the wake of last month's horrifying earthquake, Port-au-Prince's hospitals are packed full of children with missing limbs. Emma Murphy of Independent Television News reports.
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| Feb. 2, 2010
Jacmel Rises From Rubble in Haiti
The seaside town of Jacmel was badly damaged by the earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12. Soon after, however, micro-enterprises popped up and rebuilding began in the shattered town, reports American Red Cross volunteer Winnie Romeril.
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| Feb. 1, 2010
Detention of Americans in Haiti Renews Adoption Concerns
Ten American missionaries have been detained in Haiti for allegedly trying to take 33 children across the border into the Dominican Republican without the proper documents.
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| Feb. 1, 2010
Weekly Poem: 'Centuries of Ashes'
Patrick Sylvain is a Haitian-American writer, essayist and poet, and instructor of Haitian language and culture at Brown University's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
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| JANUARY
Jan. 29, 2010
With Businesses Destroyed, Haiti's Capital a 'Cashless City'
The realities of the Port-au-Prince economy have become brutally simple. With most businesses now gone, banks still closed, and thousands jobless, the city is virtually cashless. Ray Suarez reports from Haiti.
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| Jan. 28, 2010
Haiti's Preval Striving for Normalcy Amid Chaos
Since the collapse of the National Palace in the Jan. 12 earthquake, the Haitian leadership has been without a home. In an interview with Ray Suarez, the nation's president, Rene Preval, talks about his efforts to return a sense of normalcy to Haiti.
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| Jan. 28, 2010
Fifteen Days Below Rubble: Final Quake Survivor in Haiti?
Robert Moore of Independent Television News reports on the dramatic rescue of a teenage girl in Haiti more than two weeks after the quake.
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| Jan. 27, 2010
Two Weeks On, Most Haitians Still Lack Basics
Two weeks into the recovery effort in Haiti, thousands of survivors are still struggling to simply exist. Ray Suarez speaks with Margaret Warner from Haiti about the uneven relief effort.
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| Jan. 26, 2010
Rebuilding Health Care System Major Hurdle for Haiti
Ray Suarez reports on how Haitian and international medical teams are wrestling over whether to discharge earthquake victims who have been treated, but don't have homes where they could continue their recovery.
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| Jan. 26, 2010
At Factory in Haiti, Garment Work Becomes Lifeline
If the idea is that somebody had to make the first move to restart the virtuous cycle of work and spending by creating more work, the garment manufacturers in Haiti are stepping up.
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| Jan. 25, 2010
Two Weeks Later, Many Haitians Still Waiting for Aid
Kwame Holman updates the situation in Haiti, where aid workers continue to struggle to reach quake survivors in urgent need.
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| Jan. 25, 2010
Ray Suarez: Haiti's Injured Make Their Way to Cange
What constitutes good news in the midst of a tragedy like Haiti's? Today the NewsHour team headed out to Haiti's massive central plateau to see an operation that has stretched its modest resources to fit an oversized disaster.
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| Jan. 25, 2010
Weekly Poem: 'Ports of Sorrow'
Patrick Sylvain is a Haitian-American writer, essayist and poet, and instructor of Haitian language and culture at Brown University's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
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| Jan. 24, 2010
Ray Suarez: Scenes of Loss and Resilience in Haiti
Ray Suarez and a team from the NewsHour are in Port-au-Prince, reporting on the aftermath of an earthquake that has ravaged the Haitian captial and turned the eyes of the world back to the story of Haiti's larger struggle for survival.
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| Jan. 23, 2010
'Green Shoots' of the Next Haiti Start to Poke Through
The "Haiti Story" isn't just one story any more ... it's two. One is a country still stunned by the scale of death and destruction. The other is the country that is figuring out how to cope with the jaw-dropping tragedy that started in fault lines way under ground.
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| Jan. 22, 2010
In Haiti, Efforts Turn to Relocating Quake Survivors
Haiti's government said Friday that some 400,000 survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake would be relocated to cleaner tent villages outside Port-au-Prince to prevent disease in the current makeshift camps.
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| Jan. 22, 2010
Haiti Quake Victims Seek Help on Border
Ray Suarez reports from a hospital organized by the Pan American Health Organization in the Dominican Republic, where many Haitians are seeking refuge after last week's earthquake leveled Port-au-Prince.
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| Jan. 22, 2010
In Search of Shelter, Haitians Flee Port-au-Prince
Haitian officials reported that some 200,000 people have fled Port-au-Prince as the government considers building new tent cities outside the capital. Margaret Warner speaks with Jay Newton Small of TIME magazine.
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| Jan. 21, 2010
In Port-au-Prince, Scenes of Death Still Pervasive
Margaret Warner talks to Martin Smith of Frontline about Haiti's economic forecast after last week's massive earthquake.
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| Jan. 21, 2010
Hunger, Disease Threaten Aid Efforts in Haiti
Aid workers' ranks are swiftly growing in Haiti, where 12,000 U.S. forces are now stationed off the country's coast and on the ground. But the scene in Port-au-Prince continues to deteriorate as people fight off hunger and disease.
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| Jan. 21, 2010
Farnsworth Honored for 'The Judge and The General'
NewsHour alumna Elizabeth Farnsworth has been honored with one of this year's prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for her work as co-director/producer of "The Judge and the General" -- a documentary on the judge who indicted Augusto Pinochet.
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| Jan. 21, 2010
Quick Take: Should the U.S. Change Policy on Haiti?
As Haiti recovers from an earthquake on Jan. 12 that flattened much of Port-au-Prince, several Haiti specialists considered the question: Should any U.S. policies on Haiti change, either in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, or longer term?
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| Jan. 20, 2010
'Comfort' Hospital Ship Arrives to Bolster Haiti Response
Relief efforts were ramped up today in Haiti with the arrival of the U.S. Navy hospital ship "Comfort," which is equipped with 550 medical staff. Margaret Warner speaks with NPR reporter Jason Beaubien for the latest on the relief efforts in the Port-au-Prince area.
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| Jan. 20, 2010
Aftershock Renews Fears For Haiti Quake Survivors
Jon Snow of Independent Television News looks at the ongoing relief efforts in Port-au-Prince and the suffering endured by thousands of victims fighting to survive.
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| Jan. 20, 2010
Aftershock Rattles Haiti One Week After Quake
A powerful 6.0 aftershock rippled through Haiti as victims continue to be rescued and aid workers struggle to aid survivors of last week's earthquake.
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| Jan. 20, 2010
Strong Aftershock Rattles Haiti
As relief efforts continue to build in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, a 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit the country Wednesday morning, knocking debris from buildings and sending people scrambling for open ground.
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| Jan. 20, 2010
Newly Orphaned Children Among Major Concerns in Haiti
The earthquake that devastated Haiti last week has left thousands of children without parents in a country where there were already estimated to be hundreds of thousands of orphans before the quake.
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| Jan. 19, 2010
U.S Military Plays High-Profile Role in Haiti Relief Effort
Some 800 U.S. Marines arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, in addition to members of the Army's 82nd Airborne division. As the U.S. troop presence builds there, Jim Lehrer speaks with a pair of experts about the military's mission in the relief effort.
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| Jan. 19, 2010
Lessons Emerge from Quake Relief Effort in Haiti
One week after the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti, Gwen Ifill speaks with Jon Andrus of the Pan American Health Organization about which aspects of the international response have worked and which have failed.
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| Jan. 19, 2010
As Haiti Waits on Aid, Survivors Wonder Who's in Charge
At one hospital just across from the Port-au-Prince airport, medical workers can see aid entering Haiti but still do not have access to it. Jonathan Rugman of ITN examines how confusion over who is leading the relief effort is slowing the distribution of aid.
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| Jan. 19, 2010
Security Challenges Plague Aid Effort's Growth in Haiti
More much-needed aid arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, but aid organizations reported security has increasingly become a serious obstacle to distribution. ITN's Jon Snow reports.
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| Jan. 19, 2010
Conversation: Students from Haiti's Only Film School Keep Their Cameras Rolling
When New York filmmaker Annie Nocenti became the first teacher at Cine Institute, Haiti's only film school, two years ago, she was excited to see what her students would capture. Last Tuesday, her students faced their most challenging test when a powerful earthquake ravaged the island.
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| Jan. 19, 2010
Artists Chip in for Haiti Relief
Culture-makers across the country are banding together to raise money for the victims of last week's devastating earthquake in Haiti that leveled the country's capital.
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| Jan. 18, 2010
Texting for Charity: Cell Phone Users Sending Relief for Haiti
In just five days, the Red Cross has raised more than $21 million for the relief effort in Haiti through text messages. As Tom Bearden reports, cellphones have emerged as the new big player in charitable giving.
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| Jan. 18, 2010
Chile Elects First Right-Wing President in 52 Years
Chileans voted Sunday for billionaire Sebastian Pinera to become the first right-wing elected president since 1958.
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| Jan. 18, 2010
Relief Effort Improves in Haiti While Security Concerns Linger
In an interview with Jeffrey Brown, U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Kenneth Merten discusses the pace of the relief effort in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, security concerns in the capital, and complaints about U.S. management at the Port-au-Prince airport.
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| Jan. 18, 2010
Aid Groups Look to Break up Bottlenecks After Haiti Quake
While 7,000 U.S. forces were scheduled to be in Haiti by the end of Monday, the U.N. is seeking to send additional peacekeepers to help break bottlenecks choking the aid effort. Jon Snow of ITN reports.
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| Jan. 18, 2010
Six Days Without Sunlight: Woman Survives in Bank's Rubble
The arrival of fresh aid was a welcome sight in Haiti on Monday, but aid workers struggled to get food, water, and medical supplies to survivors of last week's earthquake. Bill Neely of Independent Television News reports on one woman's unlikely survival story.
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| Jan. 18, 2010
Haiti's History Is One of Pain and Perseverance
As Haiti confronts a disastrous earthquake -- which ravaged much of Port-au-Prince -- the country's history, politics and culture are coming to a new light, and may help shape how the country emerges from its latest trial.
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| Jan. 17, 2010
In Haiti's Grim Landscape, Stories of Survival, Frustration
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were still waiting desperately for aid Sunday, while rescue workers continued to pull people from collapsed buildings five days after an earthquake ravaged Port-au-Prince.
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| Jan. 16, 2010
'Race Against Time' to Distribute Haitian Relief
As supplies continued to stack up at Haiti's airport Saturday, aid workers and officials pushed to get the much-needed provisions to the masses of earthquake survivors in and around the capital Port-au-Prince.
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| Jan. 15, 2010
In Haiti, the Sights and Sounds of a Sudden Disaster
A look at some of the sights and sounds of the massive earthquake that pummeled Haiti Tuesday and victims' desperate efforts to survive.
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