Where to start.
It took an earthquake for Haiti to get the world's undivided attention. Some people knew what was going on but turned a blind eye or viewed the country with contempt. Others grew tried of Haiti and its many antics: boat people, corruption, AIDS, coups, food riots, dirt cookies and severe environmental degradation. The place seemed like a lost cause. Some believed Haiti would sink under the sea or burn up in flames, but alas none of that happened. Instead an earthquake leveled and shattered hopes, dreams, livelihoods, homes, schools and hospitals. All of Haiti's problems (many not of its own making) and deficits were in plain view for all the world to see.
People were forced to look; this was the ultimate shock and awe.
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