A powerful earthquake rocked Haiti on January 12, damaging not only buildings and roads but the foundation of the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation, which has struggled under decades of coups, corruption and natural disasters. Photographers have turned their lenses to the devastation.
Many analysts believe that unless a palatable, greener economic structure is served on the negotiating table, mitigation will not come easily. One can only HOPE that the deal-or-no-deal negotiations will not go home empty-handed as the count down continues.