Information About Haiti

In the 10 weeks since an epidemic erupted in Haiti, cholera has killed more than 3,000 people — partly because the distribution of health supplies remains a logistical nightmare.

Haiti’s cholera death toll has soared in recent days with 3,333 people dead, official figures have shown, including a one-day record high for the daily number of fatalities since the outbreak erupted in mid-October.

Haiti’s cholera death toll has risen to 2,901 with official figures Thursday showing a record high for the daily number of fatalities since the outbreak erupted in mid-October.

An American aid worker has been released from a prison in Haiti more than two weeks after being jailed on allegations he kidnapped a 15-month-old boy from a hospital, a Haitian prosecutor said on Thursday.

An American relief worker jailed in Haiti under suspicion of kidnapping a 15-month-old boy has been released, the man told CNN Wednesday.

The silhouetted bodies moved in waves through the night, climbing out of crumbled homes and across mounds of rubble. Hundreds of thousands of people made their way to the center of the shattered city by the thin light of a waning crescent moon.

An American aid worker was released Wednesday from Haiti’s notoriously overcrowded National Penitentiary after authorities apparently cleared him of allegations that he kidnapped an infant from a hospital where he worked as a volunteer.

Paul Waggoner Released after Judge Apparently Dismisses Charges He Took Infant from Hospital

The crisis gripping cholera-ridden Haiti in the wake of disputed elections and a debilitating earthquake could devolve into civil war, the nation’s former interim leader said.

An American aid worker has been released from a notoriously overcrowded Haitian prison after a judge apparently cleared him of allegations that he kidnapped an infant from a hospital where he wo…