When an earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, the United States stopped deporting Haitian immigrants to the devastated nation. But deportations resumed in January, and Franco Coby, convicted of selling drugs, found himself banished from the country he grew up in since the age of 6. Now he lives in a country that is foreign to him.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
If you've ever visited Little Haiti, you've probably seen a Serge Toussaint mural. He spends most of his time in Little Haiti, but his work can be seen in Liberty City, Little River, Allapattah, the Miami River and all the way to Fort Lauderdale. The Haitian-born muralist says he's been a painter for as long as he can remember. But in Miami he became an artist.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Thousands of Haitians fled to South Florida to escape the devastation in their country after the 2010 earthquake. Some were able to leave Haiti on tourist visas. Others came as guardians to their injured children. No matter how they came to the country, most have been living in limbo in the United States.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Author Edwidge Danticat pens a bittersweet Letter to Miami as part of State of the Re:Union's episode about the city. Although others might have praised Miami's weather, golden beaches and word-class hotels, Danticat focused her prose on a 15-year-old boy who was killed on the side of a highway in the Magic City.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Miami Herald reporter Trenton Daniel follows Alexandra Azor as she returns to her shattered country, Haiti. She moves back to help rebuild after the earthquake, but she finds herself stuck between two worlds.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Miami Herald reporter Trenton Daniel discusses one of the most memorable stories he covered in the aftermath of Haiti's catastrophic 2010 earthquake-- that of a survivor plucked from the rubble, but still living in misery.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Carmen Mario Romero was one of the four medical workers in Haiti whose voices you heard in "After the Quake: Patients and Healers." We followed the story of Romero after the earthquake, when she made the decision to permanently move to Haiti to devote herself to aid efforts there. Before she left, she'd never been apart from her identical twin for longer than a week. Listen to the story here.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
In the months since the earthquake, what have South Florida's planners and developers been able to do to help the reconstruction efforts? Under the Sun's Kenny Malone has that story. Listen here.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
After Haiti's massive earthquake, there was one bright spot: a safer environment for local reporters. We followed the Haitian radio journalist known to listeners as "Four-by-Four" as he turned his microphone away from music, and onto his country's grievances.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Doctors make their patients better. That's how the story always goes, right? Niala Boodhoo explores the relationship between an American doctor and his Haitian patient, forged by the earthquake. Listen here.
WLRN contributor Terence Cantarella begins his journey through Miami-Dade's canal system by canoe on Monday, April 16.
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