Although I no longer live in London, it’s still home along with LA. I still try to keep up with what’s going on in the UK and the rest of the world by reading my favorite broadsheets online. I was speaking to one of my closest friends in London this morning, along with my normal pleas of why she ought to move to LA, we inevitably discussed the current situation in Haiti.

Why and how did this happen? What does the future hold for Haiti? Why are the disparities between the Dominican Republic and Haiti so great when in such close proximity?  The answers lie in history and the picture above tells a thousand words. The following articles by Jon Henley and Jared Diamond clearly answered these questions .

The Clinton Bush Haiti fund……….?

Without doubt both of us were surprised by the former American presidents (Clinton and Bush) setting up a fund to help those in Haiti with such alacrity . Immediately we questioned their intentions, many will say it’s complete hypocrisy when you consider history. Perhaps however, they have come to redeem themselves by ameliorating the calamities of Haitians, having learnt from past mistakes.

After all ‘History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.’ Maya Angelou. Time will tell.