Letters: Haiti's inspiring past and cruel present

As a Haitian living in London, I have often felt concerned about the terrible economic plight of my country, but I have never been roused enough to try to actively help. But I have never felt more helpless than today. The destruction wrought by the severe earthquake on the capital Port-au-Prince was compounded by the poor urban planning and construction standards in the poorest country of the western hemisphere. I cannot imagine what the death toll will be. Yet for all its apparent misery and ch...

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