The flight from Atlanta leaves in the morning, and by early afternoon you’re already ordering your first rum punch at Aquarium, just off the runway near Point Salines. You sit close to the water, with planes lifting off quietly in the distance and swimmers moving in and out of the sea. The breezes keep the […]
École Nouvelle Royal Caribbean Tourists have generally found their way to Haiti by way of the several cruise lines that dock on the country’s coastlines. Now, however, cruise lines are making their way onto land, and doing their part to rebuild the country’s disaster-torn educational system. In close proximity to its private resort in Labadie, […]
Swiss Bundeshaus The Swiss government has moved a court for authorization to seize millions that once belonged to former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, 25 years after the funds were first frozen. If the government is successful, the government has said it will return the funds to Haiti for use in aid projects. According […]
Eric Calais By the Caribbean Journal staff Minimizing the risk of future earthquakes must a focus of any Haitian development plans, according to Eric Calais, a seismologist with the United Nations Development Programme. “When the next earthquake hits Haiti we have to be sure that the country is prepared,” he said. “Haiti cannot afford being […]
