Haiti News

This world body continues to deny any liability for illness and deaths caused by the 2011 spread of cholera experts say UN peacekeepers brought to Haiti and has yet to respond to a letter from 19 members of the U.S. Congress demanding an acknowledgement of its responsibility.

BOGOTA Years of neglect of agriculture and disaster prevention in Haiti, coupled with the government's failure to protect the environment and stem deforestation, are exacerbating food shortages following Hurricane Sandy, aid agencies say.

The victim was from the small community of Nan Bannann in the southern city of Belle-Ansecity, 110 km southwest of the capital Port-au-Prince, the reports said.

Mercy and Sharing Foundation courtesy photo Susie Krabacher of Aspen cares for an infant in the Abandoned Baby Unit in Haiti in this file photo.

A group of seven transient killer whales dropped by Vancouver's harbour on June 14, 2013, giving tourists and locals alike a rare treat.

The Embassy, co-located with the premises of the Canadian Embassy, is another step in the UK's plan to expand its diplomatic network overseas, especially Latin America and the Caribbean.

Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Northland assist the Haitian crew aboard the fishing vessel Hunter after losing power northwest of Haiti, June 11, 2013.

Lymphatic filariasis , also known as elephantiasis, results from mosquito-borne infection with filarial worm parasites, predominantly Wuchereria bancrofti , and can lead to severe disfigurement from lymphedema and hydrocele.

Haiti has waged other campaigns against the condition, characterized by severe disfiguration of the legs and arms.

Boys at the L'Ecole Les Freres Clement elementary school in Jacmel, Haiti, line up to take deworming pills that protect against elephantiasis.

Also, for the convenience of our readers and the online community generally, we have reproduced the complete Caribbean Net News archives from 2004 to 2010 here .

In this May 22, 2013 photo, a malnourished 2-year-old Jerydson Baltazar is weighed by a community volunteer in Belle Anse, Haiti.

The water inspectors were negotiating with an irate homeowner over her illegal hookup when a neighbor signaled he wanted to talk.

Britain reopened its embassy in Haiti on Wednesday after being absent for nearly a half century, a part of an effort to broaden its diplomatic and business presence in the Western Hemisphere.

A mission from the International Monetary Fund headed by Mr. Boileau Loko visited Port-au-Prince during May 29-June 7, 2013 to conduct the discussions for the sixth review under the Extended Credit Facility arrangement.

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Wandering into the young adult section of your local bookstore is never something to be embarrassed about - even if you haven't actually been a teen in years.

A view of a tent city is seen on January 8, 2013 in Marassa, a suburb of Port-au-Prince.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -- Following the razing of a temporary camp site in Haiti, a senior United Nations official on Monday expressed concern about ongoing illegal forced evictions and human rights abuses of families displaced by the 2010 earthquake.

Impoverished Haiti is not renowned for its bodybuilders. Only a handful of gyms exist - air-conditioned ones where the country's tiny elite and foreign aid workers work out, and outdoor ones used mostly by Haitians of modest means.