Haiti, Six months after the Earthquake

My friend, outstanding journalist and author, Michael Deibert wrote a sobering piece in today's UK Guardian about the state of Haiti six months after the earthquake that killed over 200,000 people. He notes, for instance, that "only 2% of a promised $5.3 billion in reconstruction aid has materialized," and how political posturing  and economic policy played such a big role in the condition of the nation's poorest people, well before the quake.  It reminded me of the time I spent in Louisiana and Mississippi for writing Jacked, after the post-Katrina media spotlight waned. Problems from flooding certainly abounded, but they only exacerbated class-related conditions. 

Check out his piece: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/jul/12/haiti-earthquake-redevelopment/print