The New York Times > International > Americas > Port-au-Prince Journal: Haiti's Wounds Overwhelm a Suffering Public Hospital

Is any hope on the horizon for Haiti? This is the rotting example of a failed state in our hemisphere, nearly in America's backyard. There are successful Christian mission programs, but the country lacks a political system, education infrastructure, a moral base or any economy that could sustain these. Haiti is a ward of the world. I wish I had an answer. There don't seem to be any.