Topic: Rene Preval

Haiti protesters denounce aid corruption, hoarding

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Hundreds of Haitian earthquake survivors protested in a suburb of the wrecked capital on Sunday, accusing a district mayor of corruption and hoarding food aid provided by relief groups, witnesses said. The protest in the Petionville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince was one of the largest since the January 12 ...
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Haiti pleads for better aid effort, survivor found

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti appealed to foreign governments and charities on Wednesday to do more to help earthquake victims as rescuers pulled a teenage girl out of the rubble 15 days after her Port-au-Prince home collapsed around her. The girl, named Darline and believed to be 16, was severely dehydrated and ...
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Will endemic corruption suck away aid to Haiti?

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Despite the best intentions of the international community, Haitians have little faith they will see the billions of dollars in aid pledged to rebuild their earthquake-shattered country, which international monitors rate as one of the world's most corrupt. From successful businessmen to refugees scraping to survive in ...
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Humble police station is new base for Haitian govt

Haitian government, knocked low by earthquake, pulls together at tiny police headquartersThe Cabinet holds meetings outdoors on an uncovered concrete slab under the broiling tropical sun. The communications office is a folding table beneath a tree, and the president greets dignitaries inside a drab, one-story building. The earthquake that destroyed ...
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