haitiAs Haitians and a flood of international relief workers dig out of the rubble following this week’s 7.0 earthquake, Foreign Policy Blogs has in-depth coverage from a wide array of perspectives.

  • Brazil blogger Rachel Glickhouse on the longstanding Brazilian mission in Haiti, heading the UN Peacekeeping force of more than 7,000 soldiers.
  • U.S. Role on Commercial and Private relief efforts
  • Cuba blogger Melissa Lockhart discusses cooperation between the U.S. and Cuba, including the opening of Cuban air space to U.S. humanitarian flights, in an effort to aid those in Haiti in need of help.
  • The ongoing flow of food aid to 2 million, or 22 percent of Haiti’s population BEFORE the earthquake, has been severely compounded by the crisis, and there are reports of looting, according to the Global Food Security blog.
  • On the Migration blog, David Sussman notes that with a Haitian diaspora numbering between 1.5 to 2 million, remittances will play an even more important role than it has in the past for the future of Haiti.
  • On the Global Engagement blog, Annie White points out that the disaster comes just as the impoverished nation was showing modest signs of economic growth, expected rise by 2.4 percent this year before the quake hit.  White, who blogs frequently on environmental and climate issues, also addresses the sometimes controversial claims that natural disasters like the one in Haiti are tied to climate change.
  • Joel Davis, lead writer on the U.S. Role in the World blog, gives an excellent point-by-point overview of the American response to the disaster.
  • The FPB Human Rights blog offers analysis by Kim Curtis that dissects development policies in Haiti in recent years, and how some decisions may have actually increased the impact of the disaster on ordinary Haitians, many of whom have fled rural areas for high density suburbs and urban areas.

Check here for more updates as they are posted on the Foreign Policy Blogs network.

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