Colette Lespinasse on Haiti
Series: Global Ethics Forum: Advocates for Ethics in Business
From: Carnegie Council
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JULIA TAYLOR KENNEDY: Welcome to Global Ethics Forum. I'm Julia Taylor Kennedy, here with Colette Lespinasse, to talk about her work on human rights in Haiti.
Lespinasse has been an advocate of social issues since the 1980s, when she hosted a radio show critical of the dictator Duvalier. Today her organization, Group of Support to Returnees and Refugees [Groupe d'Appui aux Repartiés et Réfugiés], works to bring services to the Haitian diaspora, particularly to Haitians in the Dominican Republic. In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, Lespinasse has spoken out for the human right of a home for victims.
Colette Lespinasse, welcome to Global Ethics Forum.
COLETTE LESPINASSE: Thank you, Julia, for having me here.
JULIA TAYLOR KENNEDY: It's a pleasure.
Let's start with the latest news from Haiti, which is very sad—the earthquake and the recent cholera outbreak. What's your assessmen...
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