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Is Wyclef's Haiti charity defense starting to crumble?

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

11:22 AM on 11/30/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Is Wyclef Jean's Haiti charity defense starting to crumble?...

Can 'Sweet Micky' make a difference in Haiti?

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

9:28 AM on 05/13/2011

OPINION - Martelly's challenge here is to provide a healthy dose of reality and explain to the people that the road to recovery is long and patience is required...

The election of 'Sweet Micky' marks another disaster for Haiti

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

8:51 AM on 04/05/2011

OPINION - Martelly, a hugely popular pop musician who was taken lightly and is now dancing all the way to the crumbling national palace...

Aristide's return to Haiti brings the usual uncertainty

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

10:51 AM on 03/18/2011

OPINION - I hope that Aristide can once again be that parish priest of the 1980s, speaking out against injustices and educating the people he purports to love...

Return of 'Baby Doc' has Haiti on edge

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

8:17 AM on 01/18/2011

OPINION - The brain drain that has ruined Haiti was a Duvalier legacy, one whose destructive impact will last more than a generation...

Where should Haiti go from here?

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

2:37 PM on 01/12/2011

OPINION - Rebuilding would not be an easy task by any yardstick, but the bold leadership that it requires has not materialized...

Where did all the Haiti relief money go?

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

12:33 PM on 01/11/2011

theGRIO REPORT - According to a survey by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, only 38 percent of that money has been spent to provide recovery and rebuilding aid...

Churches, state and schools still lost in Haiti's rubble

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

9:30 AM on 01/10/2011

theGRIO REPORT - According to eyewitnesses, thousands rushed into churches for safety, thinking wrongly of course, that the sanctuary would save them from death...

Cholera continues to plague victims of Haiti quake

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

9:39 AM on 01/07/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Health officials estimate that by the time the disease is completely eradicated, more than 400,000 patients will be affected...

Preval under pressure to cool down heated Haiti climate

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

8:33 AM on 12/09/2010

OPINION - A popularly elected government is necessary so that billions of dollars pledged to help reconstruct Haiti after the devastating earthquake could be properly channeled...

Why Wyclef's run for Haiti prez should stay alive

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

8:35 AM on 08/26/2010

OPINION - His candidacy was galvanizing the 20-something generation and many others living in the urban slums where their future is as bright as a coal mine...

Haiti heats up while Wyclef hides from death threats

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

11:07 AM on 08/18/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The voting public -- Haiti's most disenfranchised -- see him as a son or a brother, despite the musician's shortcomings...

Why rejecting Wyclef's candidacy could spell trouble for Haiti

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

9:05 AM on 08/16/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The leading candidate by far is Wyclef Jean, hip-hop musician, philanthropist, and roving ambassador for Haiti. But Jean has a nagging problem...

'Yes Wyclef Can!' Why rapper's presidential run may help Haiti

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

9:20 AM on 08/04/2010

OPINION - There are no guarantees that Wyclef will qualify for Haiti's byzantine election laws. Still no other candidate is commanding the attention that he is...

President Wyclef? Haiti would be hell for former Fugee

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

10:11 AM on 07/27/2010

OPINION - Wyclef would be making the biggest mistake of his life by entering the most impossible situation in the world...

Six months after quake, Haiti is still on shaky ground

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

10:26 AM on 07/12/2010

OPINION - Should Haitians feel good about where they are six months later? The answer is a resounding no...

Earthquake closes gap between Haiti and Dominican Republic

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

7:01 AM on 04/20/2010

This reaction surprised many in the international community who are too familiar with the history of the tensions where bad blood boil on both sides...