[Olpc-Haiti] Haiti Special

[Holt]

On 1/7/2011 2:36 PM, J.P. Villedrouin wrote:
> Today on the 7PM on PBS (Public Broadcasting System) news a five part 
> series on Haiti begins.

Do you have a link?   Separately Tue 9PM ET, and online too:

     Battle for Haiti
     http://pbs.org/frontline/battle-for-haiti

"Last year, in the chaos of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, 
thousands of the country's worst criminals seized the opportunity to 
stage a mass escape from the National Penitentiary. One year later, the 
gang leaders are reasserting control in the capital, threatening the 
country's stability. With unique access to the police units trying to 
hunt down the gangsters -- and revealing encounters with the gangsters 
themselves -- FRONTLINE examines the uphill fight to rebuild Haiti in 
the face of deep-rooted corruption and intimidation. The film also 
offers intimate portraits of the fearful lives many Haitians are living, 
as the central government and judicial system routinely fail to maintain 
order. "Haiti is a nation that committed collective suicide some time 
ago," the chief of the U.N. mission tells FRONTLINE. If the gangs are 
not defeated, many now believe a new Haiti cannot be born. "*
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