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Will Jean-Claude Duvalier Ever Stand Trial for His Crimes Against Haiti?

Fran Quigley, AlterNet. January 20, 2012.

Judging Duvalier has become an opportunity to send a message, but prosecuting old crimes in a neglected justice system has its challenges.

Disaster Capitalism is Failing Displaced Haitians

Isabel Macdonald, Colorlines.com. June 22, 2011.

Outsourced reconstruction projects, in-affordable housing, and greed leave grim options for Haitians looking for homes.

Haiti Loses Its U.S. Lifeboat

Sheri Fink, ProPublica. March 15, 2010.

The U.S.S. Comfort, the symbol of U.S. humanitarian aid and generosity, left Haiti last week. The U.S. military has judged that its relief mission has been completed.

Condemning Luxury Cruises For Docking in Haiti Is Pointless If We Don't Apply the Same Standards Elsewhere

Gwyn Topham, Comment Is Free. January 18, 2010.

The Haitian private beach, in this case reliant on more armed guards than most, is otherwise reminiscent of gated resorts around the world.

Haiti Didn't Become a Poor Nation All on Its Own -- The U.S's Hidden Role in the Disaster

Carl Lindskoog, AlterNet. January 15, 2010.

Haiti's many years of underdevelopment and U.S.-sponsored political turmoil made the Haitian government ill-prepared to respond to such a disaster.