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The Virginia Quarterly Review, 07.02.09: When Hurricane Fay came unannounced in the middle of August, Marie Camel’s home, built haphazardly on a hilly unpaved street, quickly flooded. Marie was forced to climb on the roof for safety. By the end of the day, the storm had washed her entire block down the streets of Carrefour Feuilles, leaving many people homeless.

http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2009/summer/guidi-port-au-prince/

Photo gallery by Roberto (Bear) Guerra:

http://fonografiacollective.com/stories/haiti-the-young-mothers-of-port-au-prince/

Guernica Magazine, 07.01.09: The history of Haiti is a troubled one. Since becoming the world’s first black republic in 1804, it has had few periods of social, economic, and political stability. Today, Haiti is the poorest and most corrupt country in the Western Hemisphere, and the majority of its nine million people suffer from hunger and are illiterate. Big donors like the U.S. and the U.N. have invested an increasing amount of resources and personnel to stabilize the country since 2004. But have they helped?

http://www.guernicamag.com/art/1098/the_burden_of_aid/

Marketplace, 06.24.09: Over the past year, Americans have become all too aware of the drug-related violence south of the border. And in Mexico, the level of insecurity in many cities has prompted people to flee — especially those with money. That means that well-to-do families are leaving their homes and businesses behind and they’re choosing to start all over in suburban America.

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/06/24/pm_san_antonio_mexicans/