Random old Haiti articles

Here's a video from the Charlie Rose show from the recent aftermath of the earthquake. As noted in the link to it, three of the four invited speakers don't know what they're talking about. Robert Maguire is the one that does. He works at Trinity University and the Institute for Peace.

Here's an article about the finding of Haiti's long-lost declaration of independence.

Here's a last article from the day of the UN donor conference at the end of March. It makes the good point that donor pledges aren't always followed up with real money. A great comment from President Rene Preval, perturbed at the distraction of conference attendants by Iran's nuclear ambitions: “Do I need to develop a nuclear program for Haiti so that we come back to talking about Haiti?”