Jonathan M. Katz
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
A U.N. Security Council delegation began a four-day mission Wednesday in Haiti to encourage stability and economic progress weeks ahead of a critical donor conference and long-delayed Senate elections.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 00:00
In this sodden city with no working morgue, nobody is counting the dead
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 00:00
Nine people died in shelters in this marooned city desperate for relief supplies, even as waters from Hurricane Ike receded
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 00:00
The death toll - which government officials said stood at 312 people in four tropical storms in less than a month - is sure to rise as more bodies surface in the mud
Monday, August 18, 2008 - 00:00
Fernandez said a shaky U.S. economy and rising fuel and food prices would bring his country economic hardship, and he asked a joint session of Congress to approve US$210 million in loans for farmers
Friday, June 27, 2008 - 00:00
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti --
Cuts in Haitian gasoline subsidies pushed the price of fuel to $6.14 a gallon on Thursday, further burdening an impoverished people as the government redirected money to other programs.
Monday, April 7, 2008 - 00:00
Manifestantes enfurecidos por los altos precios de los alimentos inundaron hoy las calles de la capital haitiana, obligando al cierre de escuelas y negocios
Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 00:00
"There is no other way to get money," the father said, pushing his saw through wood that will earn him as much as $12.50, depending on how many planks it produces