Ten years ago, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, turning the capital city Port-au-Prince into a nightmare in seconds. Many Haitians tell CNN they're disillusioned and have far less hope for their country now than they did in the aftermath of the disaster.
Ten years ago today a massive earthquake struck Haiti, transforming capital city Port-au-Prince into a nightmare in seconds. Some 70,000 people would be buried within a week's time. Hundreds of thousands more would follow them to the grave.
The devastating force of the 7.0 quake on January 12, 2010, split the country's history itself in two: before, and after. Before had been a long, tangled history of dictatorship, occupation and resistance, shot through with the pride of a slave revolution that defeated Napoleon Bonaparte's army. After was unimaginable -- a blank slate.
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