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“The Sound of Screaming Is Constant”

Democracy Now, 14 January 2010

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The death toll rises as Haiti is crushed by a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake. Bodies lie in the streets as people continue to cry out from underneath the rubble. Little aid has come in as the situation becomes increasingly desperate. The number of dead is almost certainly in the tens of thousands but could be 100,000 or more. We go to Port-au-Prince to get a report from a young American father who is helping to care for the injured in the hotel where he was staying when the quake struck

U.S Policy a Reason for Severe Impact of Haiti Earthquake

Democracy Now, 14 January 2010

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 The situation in Haiti following Tuesday’s massive earthquake, as well as the history of Haiti,  discussed with with two guests who have spent a lot of time there: Bill Quigley, the legal director at the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Brian Concannon, director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti.

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