'We're concerned that this earthquake is just one more crisis on top of what the country is already facing.'
. However, more than a month later, there is still no clarity on exactly who was behind the murder plot.
As the poorest country in the Americas, Haiti has been suffering from political instability, gang violence, and food scarcity for decades. In the nation's capitol of Port-au-Prince, criminal organizations have taken over entire neighborhoods, with gang members often looting, extorting, kidnapping, and even killing with impunity.a massive, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Hait
Claude Preptit, civil engineer and geologist, speaks during a press conference in Port-au-Prince on August 14 after an earthquake struck the southwest peninsula of Haiti.Saturday's earthquake is also leading to fears that hospitals will become too overwhelmed to take on injured patients and individuals suffering from COVID-19. The nation has severely lagged behind with pandemic resources, and only just received its first doses of coronavirus vaccines last month.
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