Wide Angle . Haiti

All Posts Tagged With: "Haiti"

World Links: Haitian PM Ousted, Honduran Rivals Agree to Deal

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

Oct 30th, 2009 | 0 comments | 406 Views

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Contestant No. 2: Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Minority Faiths

What does the color green represent in the Rastafari faith? Test your knowledge of the Druze and other minority faiths with this interactive quiz.

Jul 29th, 2009 | 5 comments | 1,897 Views

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Haiti’s Poor Eat Dirt

This video from Worldfocus shows what some people in Haiti are doing to fill their empty stomachs.

Feb 20th, 2009 | 3 comments | 1,530 Views

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Unfinished Country: UN Peacekeeping Mission Renewed in Storm-Ravaged Haiti

United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti was extended for another year, by unanimous vote of the UN Security Council.

Oct 15th, 2008 | 2 comments | 1,329 Views

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Unfinished Country: Interview: James Dobbins

James Dobbins, former U.S. Special Envoy to Haiti, discusses social, political, and economic development in the struggling country with Anchor, Bill Moyers.

Sep 6th, 2005 | 0 comments | 829 Views

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Unfinished Country: Essay: Haiti’s Authoritarian Tradition

To understand Haiti's history -- only ten of its 48 presidents have served out their terms and there have been only two peaceful electoral transitions since the beginning of the republic over 200 years ago -- it is critical to look at the material and historical circumstances of the colonial period.

Sep 6th, 2005 | 0 comments | 1,515 Views

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Unfinished Country: Video: Full Episode

Wide Angle reveals Haiti’s struggle to fashion a true representative government out of a volatile failed state.

Sep 6th, 2005 | 1 comment | 844 Views

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Unfinished Country: Filmmaker Notes: Daniel Morel, Jane Regan, and Whitney Dow

We have been documenting Haitian political, social, and cultural life for a combined total of three decades, Daniel as a photojournalist since before the downfall of the Duvalier dictatorship in 1986, and Jane as a writer, filmmaker, and human rights advocate for the past decade.

Sep 6th, 2005 | 2 comments | 1,260 Views

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Unfinished Country: Introduction

(September 6, 2005) Through unfettered access to political strongmen, gangsters turned presidential hopefuls, and ordinary Haitian citizens, WIDE ANGLE reveals Haiti's struggle to fashion a true representative government out of a volatile failed state.

Sep 6th, 2005 | 0 comments | 2,772 Views

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