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Jul 23

How a Caribbean island became prime source of U.S. Zika cases

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News

More than 1,400 Americans contracted Zika while traveling outside the U.S. this year and a Caribbean-island nation is one of the top destinations where they caught the virus.

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Feb 18

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Can garment factories pay a living wage and still compete in the global economy?

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Sep 20

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In Dominican Republic, Taking Pictures and Promoting Understanding

By Larisa Epatko

Wander Yon, 21, an aspiring singer who lives in the Dominican Republic, said he knew right away he took the winning photo of what life was like in his sugarcane working town.

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Sep 20

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Photo Contest Showcases Sugarcane Town

By Larisa Epatko

A photo contest in the Dominican Republic is meant to show people what life is like in a batey, or sugarcane working community.

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Feb 04

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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 03

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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 01

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With Parents Missing, Haiti’s Child Survivors in Limbo

Jeffrey Brown talks to Mandalit del Barco of National Public Radio in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for an update on the state of earthquake recovery, from food distribution to disputes over orphaned children.

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Jan 28

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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 22

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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

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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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