Rebuilding a Future for Haiti: in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake, a commitment of crucial support has emerged from the community of institutions that form the inter-American system.

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Rebuilding a Future for Haiti: in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake, a commitment of crucial support has emerged from the community of institutions that form the inter-American system.

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Albert Ramdin has traveled to Haiti many times in the past ten years. But no trip was like the one he took there in early February, three weeks after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, killing an estimated 217,000 people, injuring over 300,000, leaving 1.9 million people homeless, and destroying the country's already struggling economy.

"We knew the situation was not great, but those images on TV are nothing compared to actually being there, seeing a country completely collapsed, and the devastat...

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