Red tape, bad traffic, no power: ‘That’s Haiti’
Related News
You hear it all the time in Port-au-Prince: “That’s Haiti,” people tell you when things move slowly, when the electricity goes off or traffic mysteriously comes to a halt. Some say it was like that even before a devastating earthquake reduced most homes to a few hours of power from a generator and made some streets impossible to pass.
Aruban authorities said Wednesday they will analyze a rental car, electronic devices and the answers of a man termed the prime suspect in the disappearance of an American woman.
Hours after a crushing Stanley Cup defeat at the hands of the Boston Bruins, Vancouver residents woke Thursday morning trying to come to terms with the reasons their city had again exploded in riots.
Brazil’s general election Sunday spans across all levels of government, from the presidency to local offices. But the spotlight will be on the presidential race, with a former Marxist guerrilla positioned to become Brazil’s first female president.
Honduran teachers who have been on strike for 21 days faced a decision Monday morning: return to the classroom or endure punishments.
Gay rights advocates in Colombia planned to protest Friday after the nation’s highest court rejected a lawsuit that could have legalized gay marriage.
Heavy rain and potential flooding threatened hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in temporary quarters early Friday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Emily made a final stand across the central Caribbean.
At least 45 people, most of them voodoo priests, have been lynched in Haiti since the beginning of the cholera epidemic by angry mobs blaming them for the spread of the disease, officials said.
The Brazilian Air Force on Friday dropped eight 500-pound bombs on a clandestine airstrip in the jungle near the Colombian and Venezuelan borders, part of wide military operation that goes beyond targeting drug traffickers.
The head of Cuba’s Catholic Church urged Havana to reconcile differences with its nemesis Washington as one step in averting the worst crisis that has befallen the communist island in recent times.
Venezuela has asked Interpol to arrest the owner of the only TV station still openly critical of leftist President Hugo Chavez, the government announced Friday.
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Chile on Sunday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was centered 23 miles south of Concepcion in southern Chile.
Aires Airlines Flight 8250 was seconds away from landing at San Andres airport on a small island off Colombia. The pilot had turned on the seat belt sign and told passengers to stay in their seats. Passengers could see rain and lightning outside their small cabin windows, but nothing was amiss. Everything seemed calm. Normal. Routine.
An American couple in Belize struggled Tuesday to figure out their future, their dreams literally up in smoke after a mob of indigenous Mayans burned down their animal sanctuary in the belief the foreigners fed two missing children to crocodiles on their property.
Hurricane Ophelia strengthened early Friday, packing winds of 85 mph as it swirled across the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said.
At the Iron Market, Haitians shopped for everything from vegetables to Voodoo flags. One side was destroyed in a 2008 fire. The January 12 earthquake leveled the rest.
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Latest Headlines
- Brazil sends 3,500 troops into Salvador amid police strike
- Mexico’s ruling party picks woman as presidential candidate
- Panama’s ex-ruler Noriega taken to hospital
- At least 16 dead after migrant boat sinks near Dominican Republic
- Chavez, allies call for sanctions against Britain over Falklands
- At least 5 dead after migrant boat sinks near Dominican Republic
- Fidel Castro unveils 1,000-page memoir
- Colombian police: 6 killed in blast
- Cartels targeting police officers in Juarez, authorities say; 8 officers dead
- Official: 4 killed in Colombian car bomb attack
- Canadian authorities bust child porn rings
- FARC delays hostage release
- Ciudad Juarez plans to protect police by housing them in hotels
- Argentina slams Prince William’s Falklands deployment
- Human rights groups denounce Duvalier decision