• Haiti’s capital is Porte-au-Prince, a coastal city with about 2 million inhabitants. • After decades of dictatorship, former Roman Catholic priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide became Haiti's first freely ...

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PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI, Jan 17 - The Thomson Reuters Foundation has today launched a first-of-its kind, free disaster-information service for the people of Haiti. The service allows survivors of ...

With a population of nearly 10 million people, the Republic of Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. -About 80 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. -Most ...

Months of raging gang violence came to a head today in Haiti. The prime minister, currently stranded in Puerto Rico, announced he would resign as soon as a transitional government is in place.

Letter: Melrosians come through for Rotarian-and-alderwoman’s collections for Haiti relief The First United Methodist Church of Melrose, 645 Main St., Melrose, is collecting supplies for health kits ...

Here’s a look at Haiti. Haiti makes up he western one-third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. The eastern two-thirds of the island is the Dominican Republic. Pre-1492 – Occupied by the ...

Here's a look at Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti makes up the western one-third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. The eastern two-thirds of the island is the ...

The native Taino Amerindians - who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when it was discovered by COLUMBUS in 1492 - were virtually annihilated by Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the early 17th ...

Haiti shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. The country is slightly bigger than Maryland, at 10,700 square miles. Population: 8 million. About 95 percent of Haitians ...

• The major quake sent 33 aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 4.2 to 5.9 • The Red Cross dispatched a relief team from Geneva and the UN's World Food Program is flying in two planes with emergency ...