After years of conflict, already in century twenty the Haiti sunk economically due to trade embargoes of external partners and the population without conditions of subsistence, they cut much of the country's forests.

This ecological disaster has changed the climate of the country that stayed drier, floods and increased soil erosions worsened the planting conditions, thus generating
armed conflict nationwide.

In 2010, a massive earthquake struck the capital and the situation worsened, Port au Prince is feeling serious effects caused by lack of food, clean water and electricity.

Thousands of homes were razed by the earthquake, the number of deaths are over than 200,000 people, according to news sources.

According to, experts. in the case of Haiti, the aggravating factor was the proximity of the surface on which the phenomenon occurred, only 10 kilometers deep.

communication systems, land and water transport, hospitals, and electricity networks have been damaged by the earthquake, which made it difficult to help in rescue and support; confusion over command of operations, air traffic congestion, and problems with prioritization of flights further hindered the work of rescue.