Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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World
Haiti: Real development or cheap labor haven?
February 3, 2010Haiti is forced to think about how reconstruction is to be approached with another disaster looming: Economists.
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World
Winners and losers in Honduras as Zelaya goes into exile, Lobo takes power
February 3, 2010Smiling broadly, his chest festooned with medals, General Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, head of the armed forces of Honduras, stood beside Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo as the latter was sworn in as President of Honduras on January 27.
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World
Venezuela cancels Haiti’s debt
January 27, 2010Hugo Chavez, announced this week that his country is canceling Haiti's debt for the purchase of Venezuelan oil.
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World
Zelaya to be allowed to leave on January 27: Maybe
January 25, 2010President Manuel Zelaya will be allowed to leave the Brazilian embassy in the capital, Tegucigalpa and go into exile on January 27, maybe.
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World
Haiti will rise again
January 25, 2010In 1985, Central Mexico, including Mexico City, was hit by an earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale – much larger than the one that hit Haiti on January 12 of this year. Hundreds of buildings...
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Opinion
Controversy rises over plans for Haiti
January 22, 2010With Haiti very far from seeing an end to its tribulation, there is both cooperation and conflict in the rescue effort.
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U.S.
U.S. grants temporary protected status to Haitians here
January 19, 2010Responding to calls by unions, members of Congress and others, Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano said Haitian undocumented immigrants would be given temporary protected status for 18 months. But others who try to come without papers would...
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World
The United States owes Haiti a big debt
January 15, 2010Yesterday the Obama administration announced $100 million in financial aid for earthquake stricken Haiti. Good step, more is needed.
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