/tags/usaid USAID en-US WLRN Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:35:29 GMT /news/2021-08-24/we-know-haiti-after-2010-debacle-diaspora-wants-bigger-earthquake-aid-role After Haiti's epic 2010 earthquake, Haitians were largely shut out of the international relief effort. Haitian-Americans want to change that in 2021. Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:35:29 GMT /news/2021-08-24/we-know-haiti-after-2010-debacle-diaspora-wants-bigger-earthquake-aid-role Tim Padgett /news/2019-03-08/humanitarian-operation-for-venezuela-continues-say-u-s-colombia-and-guaido-representative Two weeks after violent clashes on the border between Venezuela and Colombia left more than 400 people wounded, the U.S. government and its Colombian… Sat, 09 Mar 2019 01:43:25 GMT /news/2019-03-08/humanitarian-operation-for-venezuela-continues-say-u-s-colombia-and-guaido-representative /news/2018-07-17/u-s-makes-new-6-million-pledge-to-help-venezuelan-refugees-settle-in-other-countries By the end of this year, an estimated 3 million Venezuelans will have left their country – and the humanitarian crisis there – since 2015. The U.S.… Tue, 17 Jul 2018 22:27:03 GMT /news/2018-07-17/u-s-makes-new-6-million-pledge-to-help-venezuelan-refugees-settle-in-other-countries Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2018-04-03/aid-effort-for-desperate-venezuelans-pivots-from-caracas-to-cucuta At a warehouse near Miami International Airport, Adelys Ferro is unpacking boxes and making a checklist of donated medicines for Venezuelans.Heart… Tue, 03 Apr 2018 12:41:52 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2018-04-03/aid-effort-for-desperate-venezuelans-pivots-from-caracas-to-cucuta Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2016-04-25/rollerblading-honduran-mentor-gets-u-s-honor-and-a-skate-park Jessel Recinos grew up on some of Honduras’ poorest and deadliest streets – and the country's ubiquitous gang violence nearly ended his life when he was… Mon, 25 Apr 2016 23:46:38 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2016-04-25/rollerblading-honduran-mentor-gets-u-s-honor-and-a-skate-park Tim Padgett /news/2015-06-15/in-the-controversial-struggle-to-put-roofs-over-haitians-heads-is-smaller-better In disaster relief circles, the report this month by NPR and ProPublica registered a good 8.0 on the Richter scale of wake-up calls.Their investigation… Tue, 16 Jun 2015 01:35:30 GMT /news/2015-06-15/in-the-controversial-struggle-to-put-roofs-over-haitians-heads-is-smaller-better Tim Padgett /politics/2014-04-15/was-cuban-twitter-dumb-or-defensible-or-both Confession: When I criticized ZunZuneo as the story emerged earlier this month, I left something important unsaid.I support its basic intent. That is, the… Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:56:43 GMT /politics/2014-04-15/was-cuban-twitter-dumb-or-defensible-or-both Tim Padgett /politics/2014-04-04/cuba-clueless-covert-twitter-scheme-tweets-u-s-policy-failure If you needed any reminding of how archaic and clueless U.S. policy on Cuba can be – and the extent to which it so often actually aids an oppressive… Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:50:29 GMT /politics/2014-04-04/cuba-clueless-covert-twitter-scheme-tweets-u-s-policy-failure Tim Padgett /politics/2014-01-14/u-s-aid-official-we-have-to-change-the-way-we-do-business-in-haiti Right after Haiti’s catastrophic 2010 earthquake, which killed more than 200,000 people, I rode in a U.S. Army helicopter ferrying food and medical… Wed, 15 Jan 2014 00:22:24 GMT /politics/2014-01-14/u-s-aid-official-we-have-to-change-the-way-we-do-business-in-haiti Tim Padgett