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State Department officials testified at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on U.S. policy in Latin America and the Caribbean. The witnesses answered questions on a variety of topics,…

Daniel Foote, former U.S. special envoy for Haiti, testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing U.S. policy toward Haitian migrants. Ambassador resigned from his special envoy position over…

Representative Al Green (D-TX) talked about fiscal deadlines, divisions over President Biden’s economic agenda, and his resolution condemning the treatment of Haitian migrants at the U.S.…

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby and Army Major General Hank Taylor held a briefing on the fall of Afghanistan after the Taliban seized control of that country. General Taylor gave an update…

Professor Eduardo Gamarra of Florida International University talked about political unrest in Cuba and Haiti and implications for U.S. policy.

President Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a joint news conference at the White House. Topics addressed included U.S-Germany relations, global COVID-19 vaccine distribution, climate change,…

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki held her daily briefing with reporters to discuss President Biden’s agenda. At the start, she provided an update on U.S. coordination efforts with Haiti in…

Paul Farmer talked about the devastation caused by the January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti and took a critical look at the aid agencies which had been working there since. Dr. Farmer also…

Panelists talked about Haiti’s electoral cycle and the challenges affecting the country’s economic and political future. The country’s election cycle had been delayed for close to four…

Correspondent Jonathan Katz talked about his book, The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster, about the failure to rebuild the country even…

Panelists talked about the current political system in Haiti and the effectiveness of international aid following the January 12, 2010, earthquake. Jonathan Katz, the only full-time American news…

Author Edwidge Danticat talked about the book she co-authored, So Spoke the Earth: The Haiti I Knew, the Haiti I Know, the Haiti I Want to Know, a multilingual anthology of literature about…

Ambassador Paul Altidor spoke about recovery efforts and challenges three years after the Haitian earthquake. Following his remarks he took questions ranging on a number of issues such as…

Representatives from the State Department and the Organization of American States gave presentations on the role of the U.S. and the international community in rebuilding Haiti three years…

Haitian President Michel Martelly addressed the European Parliament. He thanked the European Union for their continued support to Haiti and discussed the challenges facing the country. Mr. Martelly is…

Authors talked about their books about reporting on disasters. They responded to questions from members of the audience. Barry Siegel moderated “Nonfiction: Narrating Disaster” was a panel,…

Daniel Rasmussen talked about his book American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt (Harper). He responded to questions from members of the audience. This…

Haiti President-elect Michel Martelly briefed reporters on his top priorities for his country. Those priorities included providing free education, moving Haitians out of tents by creating…

Secretary Clinton and President-elect Martelly spoke to reporters and answered questions about relations between the U.S. and Haiti.

Activists who recently traveled to Haiti talked about conditions in Haiti following the country’s January 12, 2010, earthquake. Topics of discussion included humanitarian aid concerns,…