Earthquake in Haiti: The death toll has now reached 1,419

His still provisional account A magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook southwestern Haiti on Monday and killed at least 1,419 people and injured more than 6,900 on Monday., according to the services of the Civil Protection of the Caribbean country.

At least 37,000 homes were destroyed.

Last Saturday’s earthquake struck the poorest country in the western hemisphere while the wounds of the earthquake of 12 January 2010 have not yet healed, which destroyed much of the capital and several cities in the province.

More than 200,000 people were killed and more than 300,000 were injured in that devastating disaster.

More than 1.5 million Haitians were left homeless, with authorities and the international community facing the enormous challenge of rebuilding a country without a land registry or urban planning.

Haiti, which has failed to respond, at least satisfactorily, to the challenge of reconstruction, is often hit by cyclones and remains mired in a socio-political crisis that has intensified again in recent years. The country was still struggling to recover from the shock of the July 7 assassination of President Jouvenel Moyes.

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