Historic hotel in Haiti burns to the ground
by editors@theworld.org (Hannah Chanatry) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6YGQS)
The Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince had stood for generations, surviving political upheaval, weather events and the devastating 2010 earthquakes that are believed to have killed more than 200,000 people. But over the weekend, the iconic, gingerbread-style building burned to the ground. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with independent reporter Harold Isaac about what happened and the legacy of the Hotel Oloffson.