Haiti's bad fate / O destino cruel do Haiti

Late 1700s: Pierre Dominique Toussaint-l'Ouverture, black revolutionary leader and liberator of Haiti.The former slave eventually dies in prison in France for his stance against slavery.

1960: O presidente autocrata François 'Papa Doc' (Stands for Dady Doctor, as he was a phisician) Duvalier manteve um aparelho repressor terrível, os TonTon Macoutes, sempre apoiado nos militares.

1975: Jean-Claude Duvalier ('Baby Doc') assume a presidência em 1971, após a morte do pai. 'Baby Doc' acabou deposto, em uma revolta popular, em 1986.

Alimentos e roupas continuam caros e escassos, apesar da ocupação do Haiti pelos americanos, e o retorno do ex-presidente exilado Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

2004: Biscoitos de barro – para comer, mesmo – sendo feitos em Cité Soleil,uma das regiões mais pobres de Porto Príncipe. Eles ão, por vezes, a única "comida' disponível para os pobres.

2008: Vista aérea de da região inundada de Gonaives após a tempestade tropical Hanna, que revirou o Haiti durante quatro dias, deixando ao menos 61 mortos.

Final dos anos 1700s: Pierre Dominique Toussaint-l'Ouverture, revolucionário negro, libertador do Haitii. O ex-escravo morre na prisão na França por sua atividade contra o escravagismo.

Nunca, ou raramente, um povo pagou um preço tão alto pela liberdade.

1960: president autocrat François 'Papa Doc' (Stands for Dady Doctor, as he was a phisician) Duvalier kept a terrible repressive apparatus, the so-called Tonton Macoutes, supported by the military.

1975: Jean-Claude Duvalier ('Baby Doc') takes over the presidency in 1971 after his father dies. 'Baby Doc' is eventually overthrown in a popular uprising in 1986.

Food and clothing remain scarce and expensive despite Haiti's occupation by US troops and the return of the formerly exiled president Jean-Bertrand Aristid.

2004: Mud cakes – which are actually eaten – being made in Cite Soleil, one of the poorest slum areas of Port-au-Prince.They are sometimes the only food available for the poor.

2008: An aerial view of the flooded area of Gonaives after tropical storm Hanna, which swirled over Haiti for four days, leaving at least 61 dead.

Late 1700s: Pierre Dominique Toussaint-l'Ouverture, black revolutionary leader and liberator of Haiti. The former slave eventually dies in prison in France for his stance against slavery.

Never, or seldom, has a people paid so high a price for freedom.