Haiti

Coping With Tough Times: Start With Dinner

Trina Sargalski — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:30:00 +0000

"I think feeding the deeper hunger and serving the world starts with what you serve for dinner," says writer Ellen Kanner. She admits "that's asking a lot of dinner." Feeding the deeper hunger is the unifying theme of her new memoir and cookbook, Feeding the Hungry Ghost: Life, Faith and What to Eat for Dinner.

Palm Beach International Film Festival: Four Documentaries To See (VIDEO)

Tricia Woolfenden — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:02:00 +0000

The Palm Beach International Film Festival boasts a few star-studded indie films, but the schedule also is packed with a host of alternately gritty and inspirational documentaries featuring everyday folks in extraordinary circumstances.

Edwidge Danticat’s Letter To Miami

Tina Antolini — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:31:00 +0000

This piece originally aired July 2011.

Author Edwidge Danticat On Life As A Haitian Immigrant And Writing Her First Memoir

Mitchell Kaplan — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:00:37 +0000

Books & Books bookstore owner Mitchell Kaplan speaks with award-winning author Edwidge Danticat about her experience as an Haitian immigrant living in Brooklyn, what it’s like to live in Miami now, and about writing the memoir pledged more than $9 billion to help get the country back on its feet.

Only a fraction of the money ever made it. And Haiti's President Michel Martelly says the funds aren't "showing results."

Roughly 350,000 people still live in camps.

Will 'Made In Haiti' Factories Improve Life In Haiti?

Jason Beaubien — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:31:03 +0000

Three years after the devastating Port-au-Prince earthquake, one of the largest international relief projects in Haiti isn't anywhere near where the quake hit. It's an industrial park on the north coast halfway between Cap-Haitien and the border with the Dominican Republic.

Aid agencies are pouring millions of dollars into the project to encourage people to move out of the overcrowded capital and create jobs.

After Bringing Cholera To Haiti, U.N. Plans To Get Rid Of It

Richard Knox — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:49:29 +0000

Not quite 10 months after Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake, a more insidious disaster struck: cholera.

Haiti hadn't seen cholera for at least a century. Then suddenly, the first cases appeared in the central highlands near a camp for United Nations peacekeeping forces.

Since then the disease has struck 1 out of every 16 Haitians — nearly 640,000 people.

Despite Billions In Aid, Many Haitians Still Live In Squalid Camps

Jason Beaubien — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:38:47 +0000

Saturday marks the third anniversary of the powerful earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The quake killed roughly 200,000 people and left 1.5 million Haitians homeless.

Despite billions of dollars in international aid and pledges to help Haiti rebuild from the disaster, very little new, permanent housing has been built.

Slideshow: Fabienne Jean, Three Years After The Haiti Earthquake

Jacob Kushner — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:00:00 +0000

All week long we've been bringing you the story of Fabienne Jean, a dancer who lost her leg in the earthquake in Haiti three years ago this month.

A prosthetic technician from Boston heard her story and fitted Fabienne with a fake leg. He tried to help Fabienne recover in other ways too. He hatched plans to help her start her business, buy a house and open a dance studio to raise money for Haitian amputees.

But as reporter Jacob Kushner discovered, Fabienne's recovery has been a slow, frustrating process.

HAITI: The Aftershocks of History

Joseph Cooper, Bonnie Berman and Paul Leary — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:00:00 +0000

01/08/13 - Tuesday's Topical Currents is with historian Laurent Dubois, author of HAITI: The Aftershocks of History. Even before the 2010 earthquake destroyed much of the country, Haiti was known for its poverty and corruption. Dubois says Haiti can only be understood by its complex past and inception as the only successful slave revolt in world history. Can a new Haiti emerge from its legacy?

Temple University Professor Joan Mellen & OUR MAN IN HAITI

Joseph Cooper, Bonnie Berman and Paul Leary — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:00:00 +0000

12/17/12 - Monday’s Topical Currents is with Temple University Professor Joan Mellen, whose latest book is OUR MAN IN HAITI: George de Mohrenschildt & the CIA in the Nightmare Republic. It tracks the role of the U.S. military and CIA in the internal life of Haiti, particularly during the despotic reign of Francois (Papa Doc) Duvalier. Mellen cites ties to the U-S Mafia, drug traffic, and even the Kennedy assassination.

Viter Juste, founder of 'Little Haiti,' Dies at 87

Kelley Mitchell — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:08:52 +0000

"Little Haiti" has lost perhaps the man who could be called its father and the man who is credited for the name.

Viter Juste has died at the age of 87.

He was born in La Gonaive, Haiti in 1924 and after first going to New York, he and his family made their way to Miami in 1973.

He started with a house in Buena Vista and a record store in downtown Miami, "Les Cousins."

That led to creating the first Haitian newspaper for the growing community, Haitian Florida, and the Haitian American Community Association of Dade.

SOUTHCOM: From Doral, Gen. John Kelly Commands Pentagon Operations in Latin America

Arianna Prothero — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:00:00 +0000

The United States Southern Command has a new boss.

NEWSCAST: Romney Campaigns In Miami

WLRN-Miami Herald News — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:58:28 +0000

Mitt Romney tries to pivot from disaster in the northeast to the final week of campaigning in Florida. Meanwhile, the death toll rises in Haiti as a result of Sandy.

How Obama and Romney Differ On U.S. Relations With Cuba And Haiti

The Florida Roundup — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:06:21 +0000

USAID Head Talks About Haiti

Kelley Mitchell — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:16:19 +0000

The head of the United States Agency for International Development was in South Florida to speak to Florida International University students about possible volunteer service with the government organization.

Rajiv Shah stopped by the WLRN-Miami Herald studios and spoke at length about his agency’s work in earthquake-devastated Haiti.

“I’m very confident that Haiti will emerge a stronger and more resilient country."

One Year After The Quake: “Las Twins”

Dan Grech — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:11:44 +0000

Carmen Maria Romero was one of the four medical workers in Haiti whose voices you heard in After the Quake: Patients and Healers. She’s a physical therapist who had already been volunteering in Haiti for ten years, and who traveled there last January to help with the relief efforts.

Romero was so moved by the suffering and the resilience of her patients that she decided to quit her job and relocate to Haiti.

Lost Between Two Nations

Jacob Kushner — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:38:09 +0000

When an earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, the United States stopped deporting Haitian immigrants to the devastated nation. But deportations resumed last January, and Franco Coby, 24, of Fort Myers, found himself banished from the country he grew up in since the age of 6.

Muralist Makes His Mark In Little Haiti

Trina Sargalski — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:45:25 +0000

If you’ve ever visited Little Haiti, you’ve probably seen Miami muralist Serge Toussaint’s work, which is sprinkled throughout the city. How can you tell it’s his work? His signature is a dollar sign instead of an “S” in Serge. He spends most of his time in Little Haiti, but his work can be seen in Liberty City, Little River, Allapattah, the Miami River and all the way to Fort Lauderdale.

Surviving Survival: Earthquake Victims In Limbo

Tina Antolini — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:49:26 +0000

After the earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, thousands of Haitians fled to South Florida to escape the devastation in their country. Some were able to leave Haiti on tourist visas.

A Journalist Turns His Mic On Haiti's Grievances

Jennifer Maloney — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:52:54 +0000

One of the aftereffects of the earthquake in Haiti is that local journalists have found new freedom. Many are now airing the kinds of political commentary and criticism that used to invite violence and censure– even d

Haiti Reconstruction: Potholes Aplenty For South Florida Developers

Kenny Malone — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:51:54 +0000

In March, 150 nations pledged more than $5 billion dollars to rebuild Haiti. Construction firms around the world, and especially in South Florida, began jockeying for those funds. Developers and planners from South Florida bi

2 East: A Young Patient Helps His Doctor Cope

Niala Boodhoo — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:53:58 +0000

After the earthquake, nine-year-old Peterson Exais was trapped under rubble for four days.

Teens Buddy Up With Quake Survivors

Sammy Mack and Trina Sargalski — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:55:10 +0000

After January’s massive earthquake, thousands of Haitians fled to the United States. More than 2,500 of them were school-aged kids who were quickly placed in classrooms across South Florida.

TPS: The Long And Winding Road

Alicia Zuckerman — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:59:55 +0000

A few days after the earthquake, the U.S.

Faith In The Aftermath

Ruth Morris and Kenny Malone — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:07:18 +0000

When Rev.

Hear The Hymn: Mwen Pap Sa Bliye

Staff — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:34:25 +0000

This hymn is the one you hear under our piece, “In this episode, we look at how the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti changed life here in South Florida.

Patrick Farrell: An Audio Slide Show From The Quake

Ruth Morris and The Miami Herald — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:07:30 +0000