A 360˚ Panoramic View of Port-au-Prince

An NBC team just left PAP after a quick, 5-day jaunt covering the World Cup craziness here in Haiti, and it was a great time.  We watched the World Cup on a huge 30 foot screen at the national soccer stadium, checked out some tent cities that are still really struggling, and were spectators for [...]

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The Two Sides of Champs de Mars: A Security Update

It’s been almost 5 months since the earthquake, and tensions are rising in Port-au-Prince.  In a recent trip to Champs de Mars, which is the tent city located in front of the Presidential Palace, these tensions were abundantly clear.  Because of almost constant protests against President Preval’s actions (or lack thereof) after the earthquake, both [...]

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Deconstructing the Palace

Houses that were partially destroyed by the earthquake are now being demolished everywhere, and the Presidential Palace is no different.  Over the past few weeks they tore down the entire front section and shipped it out.  You can actually look right down the hall now, seeing a glimpse of the palace that before was saved [...]

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“Palais Kraze”

I went to the tent city across the street from the Presidential Palace a couple weeks back and snapped this shot of the palace, now broken.  As I was at the gate, wondering what it would be like if something like this had happen to the White House, a little boy walked up to me [...]

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