Jan 28 Watch 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… Continue watching
Jan 27 Shelter, Help for Amputees Among Pressing Challenges in Haiti By Hari Sreenivasan Ray Suarez is reporting from Haiti for the NewsHour. The Rundown blog caught up with him between stories to get his thoughts on what he is seeing as the country struggles with the rebuilding process. Watch Ray’s Tuesday report… Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 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. Continue watching
Jan 26 At Factory in Haiti, Garment Work Becomes Lifeline By Ray Suarez Here's a crash course in Haitian economics: Stores in the country's biggest city are closed, and don't appear ready to open very soon. Their employees and the employees of thousands of enterprises around the city haven't been to work… Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch 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. Continue watching
Jan 25 Conference Looks to Future of Haiti Reconstruction By Talea Miller Haiti’s Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive sought international commitments to aid his country in recovery from this month’s devastating earthquake, saying it would take at least 5 to 10 years of reconstruction efforts. “Haiti will need massive support in the medium… Continue reading
Jan 25 Weekly Poem: ‘Ports of Sorrow’ By Tom LeGro 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. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch Delivery of Aid Remains the U.N.’s Toughest Job in Haiti Ray Suarez talks to the United Nations' deputy special envoy to Haiti about the obstacles facing aid workers in Port-au-Prince, where thousands require urgent care. Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch 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. Continue watching