The Americas | Post-earthquake Haiti

The year of surviving in squalor

Even allowing for some unique difficulties, the efforts of the government and outsiders to rebuild have been disappointing

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This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “The year of surviving in squalor”

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January 8th 2011
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