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The January 12, 2010 earthquake was an enormous tragedy for the people of Haiti, causing the deaths of 230,000 and leaving 1.4 million homeless. But it also created an enormous opportunity for Haiti to rebuild, restore, and revitalize itself in ways previously not possible.
Link to photos: http://sopudep.org/story/220
"Maybe when I'm seventy I can rest and have some quiet"- Rea Dol explaining that it is her calling to help people.
Thu Jul 22, 9:35 PM
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100722/national/haiti_hoaxers
MONTREAL - A group of Canadians who pranked the French government expressed satisfaction with their successful Internet stunt — and vowed to deliver additional ones.
In their first public appearance since triggering an international media stir with a fake video and news release, they promised Thursday that more pranks were on the way.
By Monique Muise, Montreal Gazette July 22, 2010
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Pranksters+claim+France+repay+Haiti+...
Merismo Vital carries a bucket full of debris out of a destroyed house in the Fort National neighborhood on July 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Activists who concocted an elaborate online hoax to make it appear as if France would repay Haiti the $21 billion US it demanded in compensation for independence two centuries ago promise to keep up the fight — despite the threat of a major lawsuit.
Media Advisory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 21, 2010
Haiti Hoaxters Hold Real Press Conference
CONTACT: Laurence Fabre
Cell: 514-770-9664
Email: laurencefrancinefabre@gmail.com
The group behind the recent fake press conference announcement pledging that France would pay Haiti 21 billion USD will hold its first real press conference, in Montreal.
WHERE: Rm. 204, Centre St. Pierre (1212 Rue Panet, between Rene Levesque and Rue St. Catherine St. East, nearest metro Beaudry), Montreal, QC, Canada
(The press conference will also be streamed live at www.diplomatiegov.info)
Vancouver BC
July 18, 2010
Hello CBC Vancouver,
Thank you for the correction to my e-mail query several days ago. I listened via podcast to the July 12 Early Edition story on Haiti and found it interesting. It’s unfortunate that the planned interview with Garry Auguste on the afternoon program hit a snag.
I'd like to offer a few thoughts on the CBC’s and other media outlets’ coverage of the six month anniversary of Haiti’s earthquake.
7/18/2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hoax calling attention to the West's debt to Haiti survives censorship
According to the web directory, the imitation French foreign ministry website broadcasting a fake announcement that France would pay Haiti 21 billion USD in reparations was mysteriously "deleted" last Friday from the ".fr" domain, which is controlled by the French government.
by: Paul Rosenberg
Fri Jul 16, 2010 at 11:00
http://www.openleft.com/diary/19467/haiti-earthquake-aftermath-the-shock...
On Wednesday, Democracy Now! completed three days of coverage of Haiti six months after the earthquake. One segment served as a capstone: "Land Ownership at the Crux of Haiti's Stalled Reconstruction". Although it drew on other material, it was primarily an interview with Kim Ives, journalist with the newspaper Haiti Liberté. And what do you know, it turns out to be just one more example of the Shock Doctrine in action
Written by Kim Ives
Wednesday, 14 July 2010 14:00
Source: Haiti Liberte
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/2589-land-owners...
At a UN Conference on Mar. 31, about 60 countries and multilateral banks promised $5.3 billion for Haiti's reconstruction over the next 18 months. Only about 10% of those promises have been delivered on (some of it just forgiven debt), and of that money delivered into a World Bank managed fund, only a fraction has been spent to help Haiti.
By Jean Ellie Déralciné/ Cyril Baudelais/ Vilmond Joegodson Déralciné/ Paul Jackson
| July 14, 2010
http://rabble.ca/news/2010/07/help-haitians-help-haiti-open-letter
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti's Brazilian peacekeepers and United States soldiers distribute food and water in the slum of Cité Soleil, Haiti, on Jan. 24, 2010. Photo: Sophia Paris/United Nations Photo/Flickr
July 12, 2010
Open letter to Mario Renaud, executive director, Centre for International Studies and Cooperation/Centre d'étude et de coopération internationale:
