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Places Affected by the 2010 Haiti Earthquake: Port-Au-Prince, Jacmel, Léogâne, Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Pétionville Overviews
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Port-Au-Prince, Jacmel, Léogâne, Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Pétionville, Port International de Port-Au-Prince, Jacmel Airport, Petit-Goâve, Grand-Goâve, Ouest Department, Killick, Carrefour, Haiti, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-Au-Prince, Durissy, Haiti, Bel Air, Haiti, Les Palmes, Haiti, Gressier, Port-Au-Prince Arrondissement, Titanyen, Sud-Est Department, Morne a Chandelle, Haiti, Léogâne Arrondissement, Jacmel Arrondissement, Rivière de Grand Goâve, Petit Paradis. Excerpt: Bel Air Bel Air (Kreyol : Bèlè , English : Good Air ) is a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince , Haiti . It is a slum area of the city and suffers from poverty. Crime is widespread, and kidnappings and killings have created panic among the local population. History Bel Air has served as a launching site for political demonstrations demanding the return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide . In recent years it has been marred by political violence and massacres by police. U.S. marines in Bel Air in April 2004. On January 5, 2005 an uprising broke out and was suppressed by hundreds of Brazilian soldiers and special units of the Haitian National Police . Five persons were reported to have been killed. The trouble in the Bel Air area of the city was seen by the authorities as a major threat to the safety of the 2005 elections in Haiti. The 2010 earthquake destroyed numerous buildings in Bel Air. The neighborhood was the most devastated area of Port-au-Prince after the 2010 Haitian earthquake. References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Carrefour Kafou Carrefour (Haitian Creole : Kafou ; pronounced: ) is a largely residential and very poor commune in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. The district has an estimated population of 408,000 as of 20...
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