Bill Clinton pleads for donors to honor Haiti pledges (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Former US president Bill Clinton urged the international community to honor aid commitments for Haiti ahead of his second visit October to the impoverished nation as a UN Special Envoy.

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U.N. update on Haiti cites ‘cautious optimism’ on future (McClatchy Washington Bureau)

Following up on a critical assessment made by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last February, the United Nations Security Council met in a special session Wednesday to hear a “status update” on the situation in Haiti.

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Haiti enjoys remarkable opportunity for change: UN envoy (People’s Daily)

The top UN envoy to Haiti voiced belief on Wednesday that the impoverished Caribbean state enjoys “a remarkable opportunity for change.” Hedi Annabi, head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), briefed the UN Security Council in an open debate on the latest developments in the country. “Political dialogue lies at the heart of the stabilization process. A peacekeeping operation can …

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Bill Clinton chides nations over help for Haiti (AP via Yahoo! News)

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton reprimanded wealthy nations Wednesday for coughing up just 3 percent so far of the hundreds of millions of dollars in aid they had promised for Haiti.

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U.N. envoy Bill Clinton chides donors over Haiti aid (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Haiti has kept its promise to build a government but donor nations have failed to deliver the aid they pledged to the poorest country in the western hemisphere, Bill Clinton said on Wednesday.

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Caribbean Islands Crack Down on Undocumented Immigrants (Fox News)

The increased enforcement highlights deep economic divisions in a region where poor Dominicans, Haitians and Jamaicans seek better lives on more affluent islands such as the Bahamas, Antigua and Barbados.

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Caribbean Islands Crack Down on Undocumented Immigrants (Fox News)

The increased enforcement highlights deep economic divisions in a region where poor Dominicans, Haitians and Jamaicans seek better lives on more affluent islands such as the Bahamas, Antigua and Barbados.

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