The 20 ten earthquake was not the only disaster to hit hate and kind of create this flood of aid into the country. There were elections held, actually, in the fall of two thousand 15 to elect a new legislature and a new president. The result was you had an election with less than 20 % participation. And so finally, after this election, hate did have a new elected government. Ray: Will that become consolidated now? Or will this event catalyze the opposition and the civil society organizations who have been doing this tremendous organizing,. and really push them to, you know, show really clearly why something iferent is needed for the future of the country?
An assassination followed by an earthquake followed by a tropical storm strike a country where aid organizations often have more influence than Haitians.
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