• The human loss from the 7.0 earthquake (and 33 aftershocks ranging from 4.2-5.9) is estimated around 212,000; 3 million people are now in need of emergency aid after major earthquake.
• 80% of the population in Haiti is living under the poverty line; it is one of the most densely populated and least developed countries in the Western Hemisphere.
• Most Haitians live on less than $2 a day.
• Haiti has no regular military forces. The Army, Navy, and Air Force have been demobilized.
• Religions: Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16%, none 1%, other 3% - Note: roughly half of the population practices voodoo.
• The Haiti telecommunications infrastructure is among the least developed in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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