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Port-au- Prince is not only a city, but also the capital of the Caribbean nation known as Haiti. This city is an encircled in a nation of about eight million inhabitants. This city is in the heart of a tropical country that remains hot and humid during the rainy season, dry in the other months where the hottest temperatures are during the summer, from June to September. The languages to be spoken in this city vary, while the majority of Haitians (the majority of lower socio- economic inhabitants) speak Creole while the individuals of higher socio-economic- status speak fluently in French and English. The current class breakdown of the city is of two distinct socio-economic statuses; mostly those individuals of low socio-economic status remain and live in the city of Port-au-Prince (Abbott 1988). “The annual average income is $250 per family. About 80% of the population lives in dismal poverty (Perusse 1995)”. While there are those individuals of high socio-economic status who live in Port-au-Prince, many of those individuals would be considered elites and are often family, friends and acquaintances of the current president Haiti, many maintain a similar lifestyle as the president by living in a clustered area surrounding arm guards similar to the president who lives in the white house. It is important to note that the direct problems (social and economical) within the city of Port-au Prince are a direct manifestation of the internal problems (social and economical) of the country .
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