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What the Floods!

By Matt Marek on Monday, November 5, 2007.

July Stand-by, August a Must, September Remember and October…OVER? Not in Haiti and certainly not now. In recent years the 10th and 11th months in Haiti are this educational weather ditty’s August, October and November a Must. As the rains have rearranged this hurricane jingle they have also rearranged Haiti’s rivers to destroy homes and lives, numerous Haitians are now living in temporary shelters. Read more »

A Tale of Two MINUSTAHs - Sexual Exploitation by Peacekeepers

By Bryan Schaaf on Monday, November 5, 2007.

MINUSTAH got off to a bad start.  Initially, the force was content to sit back and guard government buildings while Port au Prince became increasingly unstable.  The rationale was that they were there to keep the peace, not to be the national police. 

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