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Haiti’s Biggest Hospital, Dependent on U.S.A.I.D., Is Set on Fire by Gangs

alishpagda08@gmail.com3 months ago014 mins

Two days before last Christmas, Dr. Pierre S. Prince took an exciting new job as director of Haiti’s largest public hospital, which the United States spent tens of millions of dollars renovating and is so deep in gang territory that it has been closed for a year. Dr. Prince, a 57-year-old thoracic surgeon, looked forward…

In Haiti, Gang Massacres and Journalist Murders Expose the Country’s Fragility

alishpagda08@gmail.com6 months ago014 mins

A fresh injection of about 150 foreign officers arrived in Haiti this weekend to bolster an international security force charged with reigning in the powerful and well-armed gangs that have inflicted so much misery on the country for months. But if the past is any guide this latest infusion is unlikely to make much of…