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Haiti Three Years After the Earthquake

By Ferentz Lafargue

Haitians mourn the loss of loved ones amid increasing anxiety about their future.

Haitians in Haiti and throughout its Diaspora will gather on January 12 for a day of remembrance to honor the quarter-million people who lost their lives as a result of the earthquake three years ago. The tremendous international response to the earthquake brought a degree of hope amid the devastation. But on the three-year anniversary, Haitians are yet again mourning the loss of loved ones with increased anxiety about their future.   

Just as older Haitians tend to delineate Haitian history as before and after President François Duvalier (1957–1971), younger Haitians are now using...

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