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Los habitantes del distrito privilegiado de Puerto Príncipe escapan del terremoto sin un rasguño - El mercado negro no conoce la escasez

Conforme se asciende por la colina de Montagne Noire, en el distrito de Pétion Ville, van quedando atrás el polvo, la miseria y la muerte que asedian Puerto Príncipe. Por el camino se ve alguna tubería rota y la gente aprovecha para asearse. Pero a los más ricos de la capital de Haití el terremoto apenas les afectó.

The wealthy emerge almost unscathed (19 January 2009)
The inhabitants of the privileged district of Port au Prince escape the earthquake without a scratch - The black market knows no scarcity

As one climbs the hill of Montagne Noire, in the district of Pétion Ville, the dirt, misery and death besieging Port au Prince are left behind. Along the way the odd broken pipe can be seen and people take advantage of it to wash themselves. But the wealthiest in Haiti's capital were barely affected.

Considering that government buildings and the sites of western NGOs and the UN were demolished, I wonder whether "the wealthy of Port au Prince" had so much better buildings than everyone else, or whether the damage was less because of the terrain.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jan 19th, 2010 at 08:39:58 AM EST
... the wealthy live in exclusive neighborhoods, not the central city itself ... and of course the local wealthy include the ones who skim off money from the international organizations and NGO's through shoddy construction, so its not like they don't know what to look for to prevent the same being done to them.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Tue Jan 19th, 2010 at 01:16:36 PM EST
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