From the food drive at a Miami magnet school to drop-off points in Palm Beach County, everybody seems eager to help Haiti. Soaring food costs there have triggered riots and spawned further worries that a much more serious food crisis is imminent.
An international banker nominated to be Haiti's next prime minister said Friday that Haiti must concentrate on long-term strategies to help the millions pushed deeper into misery by higher food prices.
Haiti's Prime Minister Designate Ericq Pierre delivered his documents to members of Haiti's lower Chamber of Deputies Thursday after senators found him qualified for the job the day before.
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The year was 1997 and Haitian President René Préval was in a political jam. His prime minister was gone, resentment was growing toward the presence of United Nations troops in the country and a dispute over discredited elections had Haiti facing yet another political crisis.
When soaring food prices sparked deadly riots across Haiti, many expected that people along the cactus-studded northern coast would do what they traditionally do in times of crisis: take to the seas and head for the United States.
