Americans to be Released in Haiti

This very strange case may finally be coming to an end.

A Haitian judge recommended Thursday that 10 American missionaries detained in Haiti be released.

The missionaries were arrested for taking 33 children and trying to transport them out of the country, Reuters reported, citing an unnamed judicial source.

I haven't commented much on it because the truth always remained difficult to ascertain. Let's hope all find some peace.

Up to 1 Million Displaced in Haiti

The humanitarian crisis is growing in Haiti.

Haiti has approved plans for more than a dozen sprawling tent cities in and around Port-au-Prince, the first step in an epic relocation effort that could reshape the country as up to one million people displaced by the earthquake find new places to live.

Here in one of the cities hardest hit by the earthquake — as in Port-au-Prince, the capital — the housing needs are acute, and demand for shelter has intensified. Officials with the Haitian government and the United Nations said Thursday that they were moving as quickly as possible to establish organized camps, with water, food and health care, before the rainy season starts to peak in May.

The situation continues to spin out of control there.