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Ansel Herz : Behind the Barricades in Haiti

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Coffins used as street barricades in Cap-Haiten, Haiti. Photo by Ansel Herz / Mediahacker / The Rag Blog.Streets barricaded in Cap-Haitien:Protests in Haiti have popular support By Ansel Herz / November 19, 2010 CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti — The first barricade looked … Continue reading →

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Ansel Herz : Cholera Spreads in Haiti

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Above, MINUSTAH soldier points his gun at former Austin activist/independent journalist Ansel Herz in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 15, 2010, at a demonstration against the renewal of MINUSTAH, the UN peackeeping mission. Photo from Gaentantguevara / Flickr. For more about … Continue reading →

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Ansel Herz : Haiti Looking More Like a War Zone

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Woman walks along hurricane-devastated street in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Photo by Jorge Saenz / AP.Haiti today: Looking more and more like a war zone “The U.N. is a big, huge, heavy bureaucracy. And bureaucracies do not work well … Continue reading →

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Ansel Herz in Haiti : U.S. Military Brings Little Relief

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Marines carry cartons of bottled water from Black Hawk helicopters after landing in a rural area outside Port-au-Prince on Jan. 19. Photo by St Felix Evens / Reuters / Christian Science Monitor.From the tent cities of Haiti:Relief efforts frustrate neighborhood … Continue reading →

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Ansel Herz: A Report of a March on T. Don Hutto

Posted on June 24, 2009 by RagBlog

Click the arrow button in the bottom right-hand corner for a better view. (Sorry about the wind noise, folks!)Podcast with pictures: Texans march against Hutto detention center on World Refugee DayBy Ansel Herz / June 22, 2009 This was my … Continue reading →

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Haiti : Anger and Courage in the Ruins

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Haiti: Surveying the damage. Photos from AFP (top) and Reuters.As aid efforts flounder,Haitians rely on each other By Ansel Herz / January 15, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE — The roof of Haiti’s national penitentiary is missing. The four walls of the prison … Continue reading →

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Haiti Needs More Than Words from the U.S.

Posted on May 3, 2009 by RagBlog

Haitian suburb. See video below. Haiti needs U.S. support for democracyBy Ansel Herz / The Rag Blog / May 1, 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stood on the floor of a textile factory in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, earlier this month … Continue reading →

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