AFTER THE QUAKE
AFTER THE QUAKEDisaster in Haiti: Recovery and relief
CBC News
Posted: Jan 13, 2010 2:29 PM ET
Last Updated: Apr 1, 2011 9:52 AM ET
Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, also known as Baby Doc, has been charged with corruption, theft and misappropriation of funds amid accusations he pilfered up to $300 million from federal coffers during his 16-year presidency. His lawyer, however, says the statute of limitations has expired and he will fight to have the charges dismissed.
Bio: Baby Doc Duvalier
The former dictator's story — from becoming "president for life" in his late teens to his years of excess in power and eventual flight into exile.
Duvalier returned to Haiti on Jan. 16 after nearly a quarter century of exile in France.
In the wake of Duvalier's return, another ex-president says he's ready to come back to Haiti. Jean-Bertrand Aristide has served notice that he is ready to return "at any time " from a six-year exile in South Africa.
Haitians held a moment of silence on Jan. 12 to mark the sombre anniversary of the powerful earthquake that shattered their country one year earlier.
Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said the death toll was more than 316,000, raising the figures from previous estimates. One million people were left homeless and about 800,000 of them still live in makeshift tent cities.
A runoff from November's controversial presidential election has been delayed until February. The original vote was marred by reports of fraud and blatant ballot-box stuffing.
The U.S. representative to the United Nations told the Security Council in January that Haiti must have credible elections to maintain international support.
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- Aristide returns
- Jan. 20: Former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide serves notice that he is ready to return "at any time" to the country from which he was exiled six years ago.
- Duvalier charges expire
- Jan. 19: A lawyer for Jean-Claude (Baby Doc) Duvalier says the statute of limitations has expired for the former Haitian dictator to be tried on charges relating to his 16-year presidency and will fight to have them dismissed.
- Duvalier in court
- Jan. 18: Duvalier is escorted under a heavy police presence to a courthouse, though it is not immediately clear if he's been arrested.
- Baby Doc's return
- Jan. 17: Duvalier's stunning return to his homeland draws a mixed reaction from angry opponents and cheering supporters.
- Duvalier returns
- Jan. 16: Duvalier, who has been living in France for the past 25 years, returns to Haiti.
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Haiti earthquake by the numbers
- 222,570 deaths
- 300,572 injuries
- 1300 camps, or "sponaneous settlements" (peak)
- 1,500,000 people live in the camps
- 604,215 people left Port-au-Prince and the West Dept.
- 188,383 houses destroyed or badly damaged
- 80 percent of Port-au-Prince schools destroyed or damaged
- 60 percent of hospitals in the affected region destroyed or damaged
- 70 percent reduction in Haiti's GDP
-
7,000 babies per month delivered since the quake
from UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Sources provided here)
Maps
Recovery and roadblocks: This map shows some of the infrastructure damage across Haiti.
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Port-au-Prince damage: This map shows some of the hardest-hit areas of the Haitian capital.
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Shake zones: This map shows the intensity of the Jan. 12 earthquake throughout Haiti.
(U.S. Geological Survey/Associated Press)
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