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i think two parts of that question, one, why so far away from port-au-prince, and the reason is that port-au-prince concentrated so much of the economic activity to the northern part of haiti was poorer, substantially ever pooer, so one of the ideas that the government has was this. development always has trade offs. the trade off was agriculture in land that is 250 hectors verses converting that to industrial production, and we fully supported this move, to explain it, of what we see today, three years ago that was land being farmed by farmers about 400 farmers that were generated about 1 dollar as day for their income. today you have 5,000 workers bringing home five times that every day, the income from that plot of land, is today 60 times more for the community than you had three years ago so we think that the trade off is worth it. >> jose, we told our communities about this. 400 families that was supposed to generate 65,000 jobs so far it is 1500. a lot of people in haiti have been called for increase foreign investment, it would be nice to know about the park, is it going to hi
i think two parts of that question, one, why so far away from port-au-prince, and the reason is that port-au-prince concentrated so much of the economic activity to the northern part of haiti was poorer, substantially ever pooer, so one of the ideas that the government has was this. development always has trade offs. the trade off was agriculture in land that is 250 hectors verses converting that to industrial production, and we fully supported this move, to explain it, of what we see today,...
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. >> make being the scramble to port-au-prince. >> he was a flan thrlohr flan t. >> he was a father andnd. >> he's just such a lovable man. >> and then the tragic crash that took his life. >> we all lost a friend. >> i can't -- i can't really believe it. it's just not fair. >> tonight, in the cnn spotlight -- paul walker. >>> get away. it plight blow up. it might blow up. >> i can't tell if there is someone in there. >> cell phone video captures the horror. >> if he is, there's dead. >> there's nothing. we tried. we went through fire extinguishers. >> a day that ended in tragedy started with clarity. movie star paul walker at an annual event for his foundation reach out worldwide. >> we were collecting toys and donations so we can distribute them around. >> j.d. dorfman runs operations for the clarity walker fournd e. >> he just came out to show his support, thank everybody. just normal paul. wasn't there for the pictures. >> just normal paul pursuing two of his great passions, helping others and showing off fast cars, including this rare porsche worth nearly half a million dollars. >>
. >> make being the scramble to port-au-prince. >> he was a flan thrlohr flan t. >> he was a father andnd. >> he's just such a lovable man. >> and then the tragic crash that took his life. >> we all lost a friend. >> i can't -- i can't really believe it. it's just not fair. >> tonight, in the cnn spotlight -- paul walker. >>> get away. it plight blow up. it might blow up. >> i can't tell if there is someone in there. >> cell...
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Apr 29, 2015
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in fact it has probably raise , the odds in haiti for the next session closer to port-au-prince. for my piece today in "the times," there is a section that says this is quite probably at least slightly tipped the odds of a bigger one happening. but again, the scientists who told me this thing said we cannot say of this is tomorrow or next week or 20 years from now. and, that is why one thing that is very important in the fall and i am sure you agree, this is not the big one for kathmandu. as you heard, this was a little further away. sometimes you feel like you are over it am a we did ok. the death toll is much less than people predicted. there was talk for many years about over 100 times in fatalities. charlie: what does this mean for the economy? sanjeev: it will set the country back definitely. one good thing that will come out of this, we have had this very fractious political situation. we still do not have a constitution. we are still looking for a new constitution. what people are hoping is, in light of this calamity, that the political parties will come to gather the rebu
in fact it has probably raise , the odds in haiti for the next session closer to port-au-prince. for my piece today in "the times," there is a section that says this is quite probably at least slightly tipped the odds of a bigger one happening. but again, the scientists who told me this thing said we cannot say of this is tomorrow or next week or 20 years from now. and, that is why one thing that is very important in the fall and i am sure you agree, this is not the big one for...
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who is a native of port-au-prince. port-au-prince was a city built in a bowl for about 200,000 people and now three million live there. a lot of people live essentially on fields. 100,000 people live in what should be out on the water. this makes the possibility of water-borne diseases much more likely. and that is what cholera turned out to be. actually when it basically entered the water stream in haiti. because the country doesn't have good sewer and water systems. so bill papp took the money that he got from a straight roof sources and built a modern cholera treatment center. most important thing is this. this guy spent his whole life treating aids. then when the earthquake occurred, all the land he had around his little hospital he gave over to a tent city. he realized cholera ould be just as debilitating to his country. so he designed a hospital to maximize the success of treatment, maximum light sanitation, no infections. and he treated the water and the sanitation above the ground because of characteristics i j
who is a native of port-au-prince. port-au-prince was a city built in a bowl for about 200,000 people and now three million live there. a lot of people live essentially on fields. 100,000 people live in what should be out on the water. this makes the possibility of water-borne diseases much more likely. and that is what cholera turned out to be. actually when it basically entered the water stream in haiti. because the country doesn't have good sewer and water systems. so bill papp took the...
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one-time event, in fact it probably raised the odds in haiti of the next section closer to the port-au-prince failing or in the himalayas, in my piece today in the times on the blog on dot earth there is a section that says this earthquake probably at least slightly tipped the odds of bigger one happening, but again the scientists said we can't say if it is going to be tomorrow or next week or 20 years from now and that's why, one thing that is really important in nepal i am sure you agree is, this was not the big one for one thing, for kathmandu, as you heard this is a little bit further away and so no one should feel like we are over it and okay and actually the death toll is much less than what people have predicted. there was talk for years of 100,000 or more fatalities. >> rose: what does this mean for nepal's economy? >> nepal as you already know is one of the poorest countries. it is going to set the country back, definitely, but one good thing hopefully that come out of this is, you know we have had this very fractious political situation. we still don't have a constitution. we are st
one-time event, in fact it probably raised the odds in haiti of the next section closer to the port-au-prince failing or in the himalayas, in my piece today in the times on the blog on dot earth there is a section that says this earthquake probably at least slightly tipped the odds of bigger one happening, but again the scientists said we can't say if it is going to be tomorrow or next week or 20 years from now and that's why, one thing that is really important in nepal i am sure you agree is,...
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a native of port-au-prince. the city was built for 200,000 people and now 3 million live there. 100,000 people just live in what should be out in the water. this makes the possibility of waterborne diseases much more likely, and that is what cholera turned out to be. it basically entered the water stream in haiti, because the country does not have good super and water systems. so bill papp -- good sewer and water systems. so bill papp build a modern cholera treatment center. this guy spent his whole life treating aids, and then when the earthquake occurred, all the land he had around this little hospital, he gave over to the city. but he realized that cholera could be just as debilitating to his country, so he designed a hospital to maximize the success of treatment, maximum sanitation, no infections, and he treated the water and the sanitation above the ground, who because of the characteristics i just described. he developed this absolutely beautiful treatment system, covered in plants and greenery which got 9
a native of port-au-prince. the city was built for 200,000 people and now 3 million live there. 100,000 people just live in what should be out in the water. this makes the possibility of waterborne diseases much more likely, and that is what cholera turned out to be. it basically entered the water stream in haiti, because the country does not have good super and water systems. so bill papp -- good sewer and water systems. so bill papp build a modern cholera treatment center. this guy spent his...
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it's located 85 miles north of port-au-prince. far from the damage caused by the earthquake. according to the state department it was designed to create up to 65,000 jobs. in october of 2012 bill and hillary along with haitian heads of state were there. >> the plan was ambitious. the u.s. taxpayer money was billed in to build housing and infrastructure in the area. more than 100 million dollars was committed for this effort. >> reporter: building up the area meant first kicking out the farmer who has been there for generations. their heartlands were bulldozed. were people frightened? upset? >> everybody was basically in shock. not understanding what was going on with their hands in the air and screaming and crying. >> did you talk to them? did you ask them what they were doing? >> there were people with guns apparently to force them to leave the area so they couldn't do much from the distance. >> how many people are worse off since the industrial park was built? we did contact the biggest textile company but so far they haven't gotten back to us about paying them a visit. i w
it's located 85 miles north of port-au-prince. far from the damage caused by the earthquake. according to the state department it was designed to create up to 65,000 jobs. in october of 2012 bill and hillary along with haitian heads of state were there. >> the plan was ambitious. the u.s. taxpayer money was billed in to build housing and infrastructure in the area. more than 100 million dollars was committed for this effort. >> reporter: building up the area meant first kicking out...
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the epicenter is about 15 miles west of the most populist city port-au-prince. more than 200,000 die and over 100,000 buildings and homes are destroyed. within four days, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton arrives to survey the damage. >> i want to assure the people of haiti that the united states is a friend a partner, and is supporter. >> two days later, former president clinton was on the ground. >> i hope it will be rebuilt in a much stronger and more sustainable way and i think the haitians want that. >> reporter: clinton was named u.s. special envoy for haiti. he and hillary had close ties with the country. even honeymooning there. hillary's state department working with usaid, the united states agency for international development, would oversee america's relief effort. the government of haiti set up a commission to coordinate. two men were named co-chairs of the ihrc executive committee. haitian prime minister john max belareeve and bill clinton himself. the idea was not just to fix things but improve them. but clinton had big plans, saying quote, w
the epicenter is about 15 miles west of the most populist city port-au-prince. more than 200,000 die and over 100,000 buildings and homes are destroyed. within four days, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton arrives to survey the damage. >> i want to assure the people of haiti that the united states is a friend a partner, and is supporter. >> two days later, former president clinton was on the ground. >> i hope it will be rebuilt in a much stronger and more sustainable way...
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it's located about 85 miles north of port-au-prince.rtment caracol was designed to create up to 65,000 jobs. in october 2012 bill and hillary, along with haitian heads of state and several celebrities, were there for its launch. >> the plan was enormously ambitious. it was to build a textile mill. so u.s. tax power money was poured in to build housing and infrastructure in the area more than $100 million was committed for this effort. >> building up the area meant first kicking out the farmers who had been there for generations. their harvests were bulldozed. were people frightened? were they upset? >> translator: everybody was in shock. not understanding what was going on with their hands in the air, and screaming and crying. >> did you talk to them? did you ask them what they were doing? >> translator: there were people with guns apparently to force them to leave the area so they could not really do much to resist. >> how many people are worse off since the caracol industrial park was built? we did contact the biggest tenant here the
it's located about 85 miles north of port-au-prince.rtment caracol was designed to create up to 65,000 jobs. in october 2012 bill and hillary, along with haitian heads of state and several celebrities, were there for its launch. >> the plan was enormously ambitious. it was to build a textile mill. so u.s. tax power money was poured in to build housing and infrastructure in the area more than $100 million was committed for this effort. >> building up the area meant first kicking out...
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earthquake, we had about 1.5 million people in tent camps that represented 50% of the residents of port-au-prince. that was a huge challenge after and it took us four years to solve that problem and it took us over $100 million in cost. it is important for the 30's and first responders -- authorities and first responders to apply a strategy, to avoid the people staying in tents too long. charlie: do you have any warning that this is coming? andrew: the earth is accompanied it system. you do know overall, you do know, whether it is istanbul or haiti where there is another one, that was not a one-time event. it has probably raise the odds in haiti for the next session -- section close to order prints to fail. for my piece today in "the times ," there is a section that says this is quite probably at least slightly tipped the odds of a bigger one happening. but again, the scientists who told me this thing said we cannot say of this is tomorrow or next week or 20 years from now. that is why one thing that is important in the paul, i am sure you agree, this is not the big one, for one thing. for kathma
earthquake, we had about 1.5 million people in tent camps that represented 50% of the residents of port-au-prince. that was a huge challenge after and it took us four years to solve that problem and it took us over $100 million in cost. it is important for the 30's and first responders -- authorities and first responders to apply a strategy, to avoid the people staying in tents too long. charlie: do you have any warning that this is coming? andrew: the earth is accompanied it system. you do...
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katmandu is not the same as the mass devastation in port-au-prince in 2010.e as big as that, but it's covering a wider area. the poverty levels when you get out of katmandu are more extreme. >> brown: thank you andy bastable of oxfam. >> thank you very much. >> ifill: the 7.8 magnitude earthquake was the strongest to hit the himalayan nation in more than 80 years. the country is at the junction of a major fault line between two tectonic plates, the indian and eurasian ones. as you can see on this color- coded map, strong shakes were felt far away from the epicenter northeast of kathmandu. orange and yellow areas indicate strong to severe shaking. in the days since, there have been at least 18 aftershocks. to help us understand more, i'm joined by david applegate associate director for natural hazards, with the u.s. geological survey. so give us the geological explanation the layman's explanation for what actually happened here. >> so what we're looking at with thisiary is it's a -- with this area is it's a collision zone. most to have the areas where we have
katmandu is not the same as the mass devastation in port-au-prince in 2010.e as big as that, but it's covering a wider area. the poverty levels when you get out of katmandu are more extreme. >> brown: thank you andy bastable of oxfam. >> thank you very much. >> ifill: the 7.8 magnitude earthquake was the strongest to hit the himalayan nation in more than 80 years. the country is at the junction of a major fault line between two tectonic plates, the indian and eurasian ones. as...
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native of port-au-prince. the city was built for 200,000 people and now 3 million live there. 100,000 people just live in what should be out in the water. this makes the possibility of waterborne diseases much more likely, and that is what cholera turned out to be. it basically entered the water stream in haiti because the country does not have good super and water systems. so bill papp -- good sewer and water systems. so bill papp build a modern cholera treatment center. this guy spent his whole life treating aids, and then when the earthquake occurred, all the land he had around this little hospital, he gave over to the city. but he realized that cholera could be just as debilitating to his country, so he designed a hospital to maximize the success of treatment maximum sanitation, no infections, and he treated the water and the sanitation above the ground, who because of the characteristics i just described. he developed this absolutely beautiful treatment system covered in plants and greenery which got 99%
native of port-au-prince. the city was built for 200,000 people and now 3 million live there. 100,000 people just live in what should be out in the water. this makes the possibility of waterborne diseases much more likely, and that is what cholera turned out to be. it basically entered the water stream in haiti because the country does not have good super and water systems. so bill papp -- good sewer and water systems. so bill papp build a modern cholera treatment center. this guy spent his...