Topic: Caribbean

Haiti earthquake jolts a million city-dwellers to head for 'home'

Haiti’s earthquake reversed a decades-long provinces-to-capital migration, driving as many as 1 million Haitians from overburdened Port-au-Prince. Haitian officials are now see an opportunity to 'decentralize' the country.
01/29/2010 02:22 pm

Global News Blog Top five greenest nations on the planet

Iceland leads the list of the greenest nations. The US fell 22 places in the 2010 Environment Performance Index, but the study's researchers say that "murky" data makes the list imperfect.
01/28/2010 05:00 pm

Envisioning a new Haiti

Outlines of hope emerge from the country's earthquake disaster. When experts think outside the box – what do they believe would really save the nation?
01/27/2010 01:50 pm

Haiti earthquake: Why the Caribbean is a mini ring of fire

The forces that led to the Haiti earthquake are a reminder that the idyllic Caribbean is one of the more geologically active spots on earth, and that a powerful earthquake could strike the region again.
01/21/2010 03:31 pm

Bright Green After the earthquake: Haiti's deforestation needs attention

As Haiti is rebuilt after the earthquake, attention should be paid to its environmental problems, especially deforestation.
01/20/2010 12:14 pm

The Monitor's View Haitians must help shape their own future

Rebuilding after the earthquake should not be a job only for the international community.
01/19/2010 02:01 pm

Chile, once Latin America's economic model, now overtaken by Brazil

Conservative tycoon Sebastian Piñera won the second round of Chile's presidential election on Sunday in part due to voter faith that he can revive the economy. Meanwhile, Brazil's economy is booming.
01/17/2010 06:13 pm

In Haiti, signs that foreign aid flow is strengthening

As Haiti earthquake relief efforts continued, President Barack Obama joined with predecessors George W. Bush and Bill Clinton to appeal for donations and sent Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Caribbean nation.
01/16/2010 02:18 pm

Global News Blog Haiti earthquake relief: Despite tensions, Cuba opens airspace to US flights

In the wake of the Haiti earthquake, Cuba is allowing US flights over its airspace, cutting the trip between Guantánamo Bay and Miami by 90 minutes.
01/15/2010 11:10 am

Global News Blog Haiti earthquake: NFL, NBA show solidarity

To promote Haiti earthquake relief efforts, CBS and FOX will air a 30-second NFL public-service announcement during the AFC and NFC divisional playoff games this weekend.
01/15/2010 10:26 am

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Opinion What Haiti needs now: a personal visit from Obama

US presidents visit disaster areas in America all the time. President Obama can build on his good response to the Haitian quake so far by bearing personal witness to this tragedy.
01/14/2010 03:46 pm

Haitian earthquake relief gets corporate boost from likes of Google, Wal-Mart, GM

Corporations from across economic sectors including Google, Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo, and GM are donating to Haiti's earthquake relief.
01/14/2010 01:49 pm

Global News Blog Haiti earthquake: The nations that are stepping up to help

Pledges of financial and material aid to Haiti continue to roll in from around the globe. A look at what nation's are doing to help.
01/14/2010 01:22 pm

Global News Blog Haiti earthquake: Obama pledges $100 million. Send tents, says aid official.

After the Haiti earthquake, which US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton estimates affected 3 million people, President Obama pledged $100 million in US assistance. Aid groups say food, medicine and "tents and more tents" are needed. Getting the port up and running and roads open are also top priority.  
01/14/2010 10:45 am

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The geology underlying the devastating Haiti earthquake

The same earthquake fault that lies under Haiti also runs through the Dominican Republic. Geologists warn that the Haiti quake – at the Enriquilla-Plantain Garden Fault – may have added strain elsewhere and more quakes are possible.
01/13/2010 02:29 pm

Global News Blog Haiti earthquake damage: How much aid has the US given Haiti in past crises?

Haiti was in the top 10 countries receiving US aid in 1998, but by 2008 conflict-ridden countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and Sudan topped it.
01/13/2010 01:00 pm

Haiti earthquake relief: Aid workers struggle to provide help

Haiti earthquake relief workers say they are hampered by quake's devastation. All three of Medecins sans Frontieres' (MSF) centers in Haiti were crushed. Workers couldn't drive around because Haitians were sleeping on the roads. But the international airport is now open for aid flights.
01/13/2010 12:21 pm

The Monitor's View Haiti earthquake -- a call to a common humanity

The US and the international community are quickly mobilizing to help. But Haiti will need sustained assistance.
01/13/2010 12:03 pm

In Pictures Haiti earthquake

Global News Blog YouTube spotlights Haiti earthquake

In the wake of last night's 7.0 earthquake in the island nation, the Internet video site is posting some of the only footage immediately available.
01/13/2010 10:04 am

Global News Blog Haiti earthquake: Twitter offers glimpse of the scene, lifeline of hope

Haitians and those living in Haiti took to Twitter to get word of their situation out to the world, even as those with family in Haiti still could not reach loved ones via cellphone. A sampling of tweets and other social media.
01/13/2010 10:02 am

7.0 earthquake rocks Haiti

Relief agencies have put out calls for donations, and are preparing teams to go to Haiti in the wake of Tuesday's quake. A hospital, the National Palace, and other buildings in Haiti's capital were damaged in the biggest earthquake to hit the island in 200 years.
01/12/2010 06:55 pm

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