Chile has received massive waves of immigration in a relatively short time, notably from Haiti. These migratory movements have highlighted the lack preparation Chilean public schools to incorporate young people Haiti, or other non-Spanish-speaking students, into educational system. The creation policies address teaching Spanish as an additional language school would help these adolescents achie...

Nobody can forget the devastating 7.0magnitude earthquake that struck poverty-stricken Haiti, Port-au-Prince recently on 12 January 2010. At least 75,000 people were killed and hundreds of thousands became homeless; authorities are worried about sanitation and outbreaks of disease in the region. The camps are full of people and there are not even the most basic facilities for any others. Humani...

In 2004, the final death toll in Haiti from Tropical Storm Jeanne was recorded at 3,006; of these, 2,826 in Gonaïves, a city floating in ruins. The road to Gonaïves was washed out, leaving the city and the department of Artibonite cut off for days from the rest of the country. Dr Juan Carlos Ch�vez, who headed the Cuban medical team in Haiti at the time, recalls that 17 Cuban health professiona...

But which of our interventions have been the most effective, and why? Is it more important to put resources into hygiene-themed theater productions or radio call-in shows? There is little hard evidence to suggest that—in Haiti or in emergencies anywhere—one hygienepromotion activity works better than another. But lives, not to mention valuable resources, may depend on the answer, so in the spri...

Throughout the history of the Dominican Republic, conflict with the neighboring nation of Haiti has led to the implementation of various foreign policies. Analysis of the diplomatic and cultural relationship between the Dominican Republic and Haiti during the rule of Generalissimo Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina provides the political and economic basis for Japanese colonization. This study is ...

Abstract In this chapter, we will examine Japan’s response to a complex crisis in Haiti, which natural disaster and civil unrest were compounded. Persistent insecurity confusion albeit under the presence of an ongoing United Nations Peacekeeping Operation (UNPKO), further deteriorated after great earthquake 2010. This challenge unexpectedly propelled move toward closer “integration,” since seve...