In the spotlight: in Haiti, aid arrives too slowly Help is trying to find victims in the rubble of houses that collapsed following the earthquake in Les Cayes on August 17, 2021. AP - Fernando Llano Text by: Achim Lippold Follow 6 mins Publicity Read more In Les Cayes, one of the towns in the south affected by the earthquake, residents have spent a nightmarish night, writes Le Nouvelliste.

In the spotlight: in Haiti, aid arrives too slowly

Help is trying to find victims in the rubble of houses that collapsed following the earthquake in Les Cayes on August 17, 2021. AP - Fernando Llano

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In Les Cayes, one of the towns in the south affected by the earthquake, residents have spent a nightmarish night, writes

Le
Nouvelliste.

On Tuesday, residents woke up in a fine rain, after the passage of storm Grace which had destroyed many makeshift homes erected after the earthquake last Saturday. Between the wind, the rain and the fear of new aftershocks, the disaster victims lived a night which

"will remain in the annals".

The newspaper reporter went to Immaculate Conception Hospital where the situation is dire. More than a hundred people are treated there for multiple injuries,

"open fractures, closed fractures, femoral dislocation, shoulder dislocation, severe or moderate head trauma ... Each patient has a story, lives his own tragedy in the great tragedy ”,

summarizes

Le
Nouvelliste

According to

Le
Nouvelliste

, residents are growing impatient with the slowness of aid, which is only trickling down.

In Saint Louis, some have

"blocked the national number two to demand the arrival of help"

In another commune, in Camp-Perrin, the anger at the

“inaction of the local authorities

” is palpable.

A resident explains to the newspaper that people "

are abandoned

", that they have no contact with the state authorities, that they have lost everything that they will

"block the national number 7 in the coming days if the 'help is not coming'.

Lack of equipment also affects the search for earthquake survivors

Suddenly, residents are using their hands and shovels to clear rubble and search for people still alive, even though hope is dwindling.

You can read it in the

Miami Herald

In Les Cayes, rescue teams were able to find a dozen bodies, including several children who did not survive the collapse of their house.

The Florida newspaper evokes, like

Le Nouvelliste

a situation of great despair, it lacks everything, writes the

Miami Herald

who quotes a resident according to which the precariousness of the health care system is as deadly as the earthquake itself.

Afghanistan: the US intelligence warning

The situation in Haiti is capturing the attention of the North American media, but the chaotic American withdrawal from Afghanistan still dominates the headlines. According to the

New York Times

, US intelligence was well aware of the weaknesses of the Afghan army. Last July, reports questioned the ability of Afghan forces to deal with the Taliban and predicted a rapid collapse of the army.

So there have been enough warning signs sent to Joe Biden's government, the

Washington Post

believes

The question now is why, despite its warnings, the White House team was visibly taken aback by the meteoric advance of the Taliban towards Kabul.

In any case, intelligence information contradicts President Joe Biden's statement last Monday when he said he was surprised by the events leading to the precipitous withdrawal of Westerners from Kabul.

In Canada, the Afghan crisis comes into the legislative campaign

It's on the front page of

Le
Devoir

There is consensus among all parties that

"Canada should not recognize the Taliban as legitimate holders of the Afghan government".

On the other hand, writes the newspaper,

“the liberals of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are accused by their adversaries of not doing enough to evacuate former collaborators of Canada in Afghanistan…”.

Specialists consulted by

Le Devoir

believe, however, that the Canadian government could one day agree to recognize a Taliban government,

In the spotlight: in Haiti, aid arrives too slowly

In the spotlight: in Haiti, aid arrives too slowly

Lack of equipment also affects the search for earthquake survivors

Afghanistan: the US intelligence warning

In Canada, the Afghan crisis comes into the legislative campaign

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