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Chronology of haiti

Port-au-Prince, 19 ene (EFE) .-Haiti, the poorest country of America, expires today his first week plunged in a deep humanitarian crisis immediately after the devastating earthquake of last January 12, which caused dozens of thousands of dead men and three millions of harmed
These are the most relevant facts since the earthquake was registered:

On January 12:

- Atelluric movement of 7 degrees in the Richter scale shakes Haiti and his epicentre is located to only 15 kilometres of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
- Between the ruined buildings they find the offices of the UNO, the National Palace, the Cathedral, the Parliament and several hospitals and schools.
On January 13:

- A score of countries announces the urgent sending of help.

- The primeminister Jean Max Bellerive affirms that the quake provoked " more than 100.000 dead men " and the secretary general of the UNO, Ban Ki-moon, indicates that three million Haitians, a third part of the population, turned out to be affected.
- The World Bank announces the donation of 100 million dollars. The first planes begin to come with international help to the airport of Port-au-Prince, whichoperations it assumes USA after which the tower of control was remaining useless after the earthquake.
On January 14:

- The airport of the capital suspends some permissions of landing before the avalanche of humanitarian international help.

- The Government of The United States and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) they announce helps of 100 million dollars each one, while in Haitithe bodies found in common graves are started burying.
On January 15:

- The UNO asks to the international community for 560 millions of dollars in urgent help.

- They begin the plunders and affected some of them form barricades in the streets with corpses, before the difficulties in the food distribution, which alone they come to approximately affected 8.000.
- The Mission ofStabilization of the UNO in Haiti (Minustah) reinforces the military and police patrols.

- Carl Vinson comes to Haiti the American aircraft carrier with 19 helicopters on board, three rooms of operations and a plant potabilizadora of water a day.

- Washington grants the Status of Temporary Protection (TPS) to the Haitians who were in USA of illegal form before the tragedy.
On January 16:

- Newquake of 4,5 degrees Richter shakes Haiti.

- Hundreds of young women plunder the trades of an important avenue of the center of Port-au-Prince.

- The UNO confirms the death of the chief of the Minustah, the Tunisian Hédi Annabi, and of his enclosure, the Brazilian Luiz Carlos gives Coast, with what there promote 40 the workers of this organization died by the earthquake and other 330 aremissing.
- La secretaria de Estado de EE.UU., Hillary Clinton, visita Puerto Príncipe.

- The secretary of State of USA, Hillary Clinton, visits Port-au-Prince.

- The Haitian secretary of Interior, Antoine Bien-Aimé, says that they study massive evacuations to avoid sanitary problems in Port-au-Prince, whereas his colleague of Health, Alex Larsen, does not reject the burning corpse.

OnJanuary 17:

- Ban Ki-moon comes to the Haitian capital, where he assures that " the whole country is devastated " and that " it is the worst humanitarian disaster which the international community faces for several decades ".
- The Haitian Police start spreading out in the capital before the plunders.

- The general P.K lieutenant. Keen, coordinator of the humanitarian labor of the Armyof USA in Haiti, warns that the violence impedes the tasks of assistance.

- The Haitian Government decrees the state of emergency up to ends of January and a period of national duel of 30 days.

On January 18:

- Bellerive says that the Government has gathered 72.000 corpses, without counting withdrawn by the citizens and the Minustah.
- The ex-president of USA Bill Clinton, special...