Haiti overloads my soul with so much joy‚ but breaks my heart into a million pieces. Haiti‚ the supreme monetarily deprived country in the Western Hemisphere that also hosts the most dangerous slums‚ paradoxically‚ has the richest society in affection‚ bliss‚ and compassion; the people are vibrant‚ strong‚ and resilient. The country itself is a realm of contrasts. Since the year of 2010‚ my world‚ and Haiti‚ has never been the equivalent to their previous ways of life. An earthquake with a magnitude
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Social and Economic Impacts Of Haiti and Japan Earthquakes Haiti Social Impacts 3 million people affected Over 220.000 deaths 330.000 injured 1.3 million people made homeless Several hospitals collapsed Economic Impacts 30.000 commercial buildings collapsed Business destroyed Damage the main clothing industry Airport an port damaged Japan Social Impacts The disaster will weigh on Japan’s economic growth through negative impact on consumption‚ capex projection‚ and
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Natural Devastation The largest earthquake in 40 years shifted huge geological plates beneath the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26‚ 2004‚ causing a immense and abrupt displacement of millions of tons of water. Indonesia villages closest to the epicenter were swamped within minutes‚ while elsewhere the waves radiated outward‚ making landfall at speeds topping 500 mph (www.cbsnews.com). The phenomenon we call tsunami is a series of large waves of extremely long wavelength and period usually generated by
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Haiti in International Politics Daniel Brooks 4/29/13 Dr. Gene Halus Haiti in International Politics Immaculata University Looking at Haiti‚ one notices that it has been isolated from the world and this has affected its international relations. Historically‚ Haiti has only come to the limelight when negative things affect the country and it became more prominent in the nineteenth century when a heated debate arose due to the proposal of recognition of Haiti as an independent state (Schuller
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and $7.8 billion of damages done‚ Haiti is still in shambles from the catastrophic 7.0 earthquake of 2010. The Republic of Haiti is in desperate need of restoration. The people of this impoverished nation are living in tents‚ suffering from malaria‚ and dying of starvation. Because of the earthquake‚ many buildings have been destroyed‚ wiping out businesses and schools‚ leaving adults and kids out of work and out of school. Although the cost of rebuilding Haiti is extensive‚ it is important for this
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Welcome to “mountainous country”. You may be more familiar with the terminology “Haiti”‚ which is consequent with the language from the Taino Indians. In 2000 it was recorded that 95% of the population was African background‚ and the remaining 5 percent mulattos (person with one black and one white parent) and whites. The well-off citizens consider themselves as French‚ but the majority classify their selves as Haitian. Haiti is located in the western subtropical area‚ and the second largest island in
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Haiti Haiti‚ formally known as the Republic of Haiti‚ is a Caribbean nation ruled by Michel Martelly. Christopher Columbus discovered Haiti in 1492 during his first voyage to the New World. It was inhabited by the Taíno‚ or Arawakan people. Columbus quickly claimed the island and named it La Isla Española‚ or "the Spanish island". The name was later Latinized to "Hispaniola". Before the arrival of Columbus‚ Arawak migrants had already been arriving from the Orinoco delta in South America. They
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Upon reading the devastation of the Indies‚ it is apparent that many ailments of prejudice existed in those times of newly discovered lands and territories unchartered to the Europeans. Those of racism towards an unfamiliar people‚ a sense of Heathenism assumed upon the Native American civilization‚ and the brutal savagery demonstrated against the peaceful Native American Indians of this "new world." In the brief account from a sympathetic eyewitness‚ we see these horrible prejudices manifested
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INTRODUCTION 1 HOW EARTHQUAKES OCCUR 2 Fault types 3 Earthquake fault types 3 Different types of Faults 3 Tidal forces 5 Earthquake clusters 6 Aftershock 6 Earthquake swarm 6 Earthquake storm 6 METHODS USED IN MEASURING EARTHQUAKES 6 The Richter Scale 6 The Mercalli Scale 7 HAZARDS CONNECTED TO EARTHQUAKES 8 MEASURES TAKEN TO MINIMIZE EARTHQUAKES 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 INTRODUCTION Earthquakes are caused by the movement of the earth’s tectonic plates. Earthquakes occur where the earth’s
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Geography Haiti‚ in the West Indies‚ occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola‚ which it shares with the Dominican Republic. About the size of Maryland‚ Haiti is two-thirds mountainous‚ with the rest of the country marked by great valleys‚ extensive plateaus‚ and small plains. History Explored by Columbus on Dec. 6‚ 1492‚ Haiti’s native Arawaks fell victim to Spanish rule. In 1697‚ Haiti became the French colony of Saint-Dominique‚ which became a leading sugarcane producer dependent
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