The NY Times focus on Haiti's misery
Today's lead editorial in the New York Times says that Haiti's misery is not over. "It's getting worse, as the outside attention fades away". The editorial goes on to describe the horrific conditions in the temporary camps that are housing hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims. Overcrowding, disease and vile living conditions are accentuated by the rains that have begun and that will peak in May, says the newspaper. It points out that rape and sexual assaults are commonplace at night, and the victims are silent because there is no functioning police or judicial system. Aid groups abound, each trying to do their bit. What the country needs, desperately, are shelters. The government has been very slow in exercising eminent domain, and housing is still non-existent.
The editorial ends by saying: "Haiti is in danger of becoming what it always was, a nagging blot on the conscience, a neglected project that never gets completed".
For the full editorial: www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/
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