The interview was originally published by the MIT News Office Photo: United Nations Development Programme 3 Questions: Lawrence Vale on rebuilding Haiti An MIT urban design expert explains why devastated cities are nearly always rebuilt — but why Haiti faces special challenges to reconstruction. Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office January 20, 2010 The human and economic [...]
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Larry Vale on Rebuilding Haiti
January 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Articles : Artículos, Caribbeanisms : Caribeñadas
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Dos notas sobre Haití
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Articles : Artículos, Caribbeanisms : Caribeñadas
Aquí les dejo dos notas periodísticas sobre la lo que acontece en Puerto Príncipe y en Pétion Ville luego del terremoto masivo del 12 de enero. Comparto éstas y no otras porque están bien escritas, capturan detalles importantes de cómo se sobrevive y tienen garra. La muestra también resalta los contrastes constantes del país: aquellos [...]
Haiti: The State, Diasporas and Disasters
January 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Caribbeanisms : Caribeñadas, Migrations : Migraciones
By now most of the world knows of the catastrophic earthquake that has battered Haiti. I first learnt about it while listening to Radio Isla, a Puerto Rican station, on my mobile phone. The journalist, who patched together the breaking news with audio from CNN en Español, highlighted the fact that a tsunami wave might [...]
