IPS: Shooting Incident Sparks Anger at U.N. Troops

Haiti NewsPublished November 25, 2009 at 4:47 pm No Comments

By Ansel Herz PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 20 (IPS) – Under a beating sun in the grassy field where two U.N. helicopters landed in Grand Goave last week, 19-year-old Benson Blanc moved his hands as if rapid-firing a gun into the ground in front of him and made a “tok-tok-tok-tok” sound. This is how the soldiers opened
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Gonaives, a Destroyed and Abandoned City

Haiti NewsPublished August 3, 2009 at 4:31 pm No Comments

View Larger Map By: Wadner Pierre – HaitiAnalysis.com Gonaives is a port city with an estimated population of 200,000. It is the sixth largest city in Haiti and is located approximately 110 kilometers north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. In 2003, it was one of first places to come under the control of armed rebels who
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Gonaives, a Destroyed and Abandoned City

Haiti NewsPublished July 24, 2009 at 5:24 pm No Comments

Image by Getty Images via Daylife By: Wadner Pierre – HaitiAnalysis.com Gonaives is a port city with an estimated population of 200,000. It is the sixth largest city in Haiti and is located approximately 110 kilometers north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. In 2003, it was one of first places to come under the control of
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