UN Security Council meets to discuss violence in gang-ridden Haiti
The UN Security Council met on an emergency basis on Wednesday (6) to discuss the crisis in Haiti, gripped by a wave of violence. “The situation is critical,” said Ecuadorian…
Haiti: how a Brazilian Army soldier saved himself and others in the 2010 earthquake
Brasilia (DF) – January 12, 2010. An earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale hits the south of the island of Hispaniola, near Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. Within moments,…
“We are heading for a civil war,” says Haitian doctor on rising violence in the country
Kidnappings, rapes, murders, shootings, all kinds of crimes happen in broad daylight and with terrifying frequency in Haiti. In this Central American country, the population faces a nightmare of violence…