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Amy Bracken
Creole Anthem
Which Central American nation has finally translated its national anthem into the local Creole?
Waste Not: Composting Toilets in Haiti
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The World’s Amy Bracken reports from Haiti on efforts to use composting toilets to address a host of public health and environmental problems. The story is the third part of this week’s Toilet Tales series. Download MP3
Haiti beats Harvard
At the end of what would have been a game tied at zero-zero, a series of penalty kicks gave Haiti’s national men’s soccer team a 4 to 1 victory over Harvard University. At the final point, the already joyous, heavily Haitian crowd erupted into hysterical cheers and chants of, “Haiti! Haiti!” [...]
Voices on the Haitian elections
Haiti’s electoral council has said it will announce today the provisional results of the country’s presidential run-off. The losing candidate will then have an opportunity to challenge the vote count before final results are declared. The elections have been mired in controversy, with allegations of fraud on both sides, and with some calling the whole process illegitimate [...]
Haiti: A country re-divided?
Just a note for the record: In a recent interview, Lisa Mullins asked me about Aristide’s popularity. My reply suggested that if one digs down, one might find the occasional, quiet, non-enthusiast. While this reflected my experience near the airport on March 17, 2011, the day of the former president’s return to Haiti, I’m afraid it glossed over important recent history [...]
Haiti waits for election results
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Haiti is awaiting preliminary results of its presidential runoff. They’ve been postponed until next week. It has been a long electoral season, marked by complaints of fraud and irregularities. The World’s Amy Bracken reports from the capital, Port-au-Prince. Download MP3
Lakay se lakay … home is home
“Si Aristide te la….” “If Aristide were here….” So started the chants in countless demonstrations on the streets of Port-au-Prince over the last seven years, since then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was flown into exile in Africa on a US military plane. If Aristide were here, the thinking went, we wouldn’t be so hungry, so many of us wouldn’t be living in tents, and we would have some hope for the future of our country [...]
Presidential elections in Haiti
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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with reporter Amy Bracken in Haiti about the return of former leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide and about the second round of presidential elections that takes place there Sunday. Download MP3
Haiti rubble art
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Artists in the Haitian coastal town of Jacmel, hard hit by the earthquake, are creating rubble art to sell to foreigners for much-needed income and to remind people of the tragedy. The World’s Amy Bracken reports. Download MP3Neighbors improve relations over quake
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Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola but the two Caribbean nations have not exactly been good neighbors over the years. However, as The World’s Amy Bracken reports, the January earthquake that devastated parts of Haiti seems to have changed that. (Photo of Haitian and Dominican volunteers: Amy Bracken) Download MP3Haiti health care system threatened
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The earthquake that struck Haiti in January left hundreds of thousands of survivors in need of immediate medical attention. The international community responded, with doctors, nurses and medical equipment. The temporary abundance of free care appears to be endangering Haiti’s own health care system. The World’s Amy Bracken has the story.(Photo: Logan Abassi/The United Nations) Download MP3In Haiti, a musical pre-quake tradition restored
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In post-earthquake Haiti, one pre-quake tradition has been restored. Thursdays at the Hotel Oloffson are back. The Haitian roots music band, RAM, is once again playing every week to a packed house. The World’s Amy Bracken caught up with the band’s leader, Richard Auguste Morse, in Port-au-Prince. Download MP3
Haiti reconstruction stymied by mounds of rubble
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It’s been six months since Haiti fell victim to one of the most destructive natural disasters on record. On January 12, at four fifty three in the afternoon, in 35 seconds, a 7.0 earthquake killed an estimated three hundred thousand people, and left more than a million homeless. Today, 1.7 million Haitians live in camps and as The World’s Amy Bracken reports, the effort to get people back into houses is being held up by one major obstacle: a lack of cleared, usable land. (Photo: Amy Bracken for The World) Download MP3
Boukman Eksperyans
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The Haitian roots rock band Boukman Eksperyans has been around for 30 years. That means they’ve lived through dictatorships, uprisings, and coups. They’ve spoken out against the government, and been forced into hiding. And now they’re dealing with the aftermath of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12. Reporter Amy Bracken caught up with the band’s leaders at home on the edge of Port-au-Prince. Download MP3
World Cup fever in Haiti
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Haitians are gripped by World Cup fever. As The World’s Amy Bracken reports, Haitians are watching on donated big screens that have been set up in the Port-au-Prince stadium. But this has caused problems for some of the people who found shelter in the stadium following the earthquake. (Photo: Ian Lovett) Download MP3
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