Special Report AIDS in the Caribbean

AIDS is sweeping the islands of the Caribbean. The disease is spreading at such an alarming rate, that it ranks second to sub-Saharan Africa in the percentage of adults infected. The spread of AIDS in the Caribbean raises questions about poverty, equality, politics and economics. As a whole, it represents a human disaster we cannot ...

RFK Center Releases Documents Outlining US Actions to Block Life-saving Funds to Haiti

RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights and 2002 RFK Award recipient, Loune Viaud of Zamni Lasante, release U.S. Department of Treasury documents revealing that the U.S. and the Inter-American Development Bank deliberately obstructed $146 million in approved IDB financing. WASHINGTON - August 4 - The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights and Zamni Lasante released internal U.S. ...

10 children rescued from Haitian human smugglers

Authorities in the Dominican Republic have rescued 10 children smuggled from Haiti, the Special Terrestrial Border Security Unit (Cesfront) said Wednesday.Cesfront officials said a Haitian citizen who had transported the children aged between 4 and 9 had managed to escape after noticing the presence of soldiers in the province of Dajabon bordering Haiti.According to the children's ...

After the flood From Haiti to Britain one man has captured the devastation of our increasingly deluged lands

He has, however, been absorbed with an ongoing photographic project, zooming in on one aspect of climate change: flooding. Mendel's series, Drowning World, not only shows the effect of flooding on communities, but also encompasses traditional portraiture, and explores the often striking visuals such huge influxes of water produce.The floods in Yorkshire in 2007 started him off down this ...