Figure 1 Map showing the location of Haiti and its plate tectonics
The disastrous earthquake in 2010 brought Haiti into the eyes of the world. Much of the discussion about the country that followed this disaster ignored Haiti’s past. It is almost as if the country only came into being when the earthquake happened. The hurricanes of 2008 and the earthquake of 12 January 2010 brought catastrophic damage to Haiti, but their effects were greatly increased by
■ Haiti’s widespread poverty (Inset 1)
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