E ao 8º dia...

... a terra tremeu outra vez.

Some countries are just not lucky. Haiti is one of those places where bad things keep happening. The massive earthquake that destroyed a large part of the 250-year-old capital city, Port-au-Prince, is just the latest blow for a country that can ill afford any more disasters. In the last two decades, Haiti has suffered a series of coups, flawed elections, high crime and inept governments. Last year, back-to-back hurricanes devastated cities in Haiti’s central plain, its richest and most fertile region. [...]

Joel Dreyfuss (Haitiano) in THE ROOT

E é nestas condições que o ser humano se dá conta que existem forças maiores... capazes de arrasar com o pouco que ainda restava daquele país. Assistimos impotentes.