Haitian president René Préval expressed his satisfaction with the results of an international donors meeting held by the UN in New York to discuss rebuilding Haiti.
3,000 Dominicans marched in CotuĂ to protest the Pueblo Viejo gold mine, operated by Toronto-based Barrick Gold.
Former US presidents George W. Bush (2001-2009) and Bill Clinton (1993-2001) visited Haiti for one day on March 22 to call for international aid for the country.
On March 12 several hundred Haitian students and activists gathered at a memorial service for Jean Anil Louis-Juste, a sociology professor shot dead in downtown Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12.
The US military said 700 paratroopers withdrew from Haiti over the weekend, leaving a total of 11,000 soldiers in the country. Some 100 Canadian troops are also scheduled to leave.
Heavy rains in Port-au-Prince drenched the estimated 1.1 million still sleeping outdoors after the devastating earthquake, prompting protests and neighborhood self-help initiatives.
Several hundred Haitians marched in the Port-au-Prince suburb of PĂ©tionville to protest corruption and profiteering in the distribution of food to earthquake survivors.
Puerto Rican independence activist Avelino González Claudio, suspected leader in the Macheteros rebel group, pleaded guilty to armed robbery of $7 million from a Wells Fargo depot.
As the media sensationalize reports of looting and violence in Port-au-Prince, police and UN peacekeepers have opened fire on hungry crowds demanding food.
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US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said that undocumented Haitians who arrived after last week’s earthquake will be sent back to Haiti.
