Part XXXI                                                                       More Photos
                
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Once again, extreme violence-issued Haiti largely inarticulate and former failed neighborhood baker, also one year mainly 'F' (proof) college student, always intoxicated zero authority President Preval materialized best 'Hope,' his campaign slogan, for the vast majority of dirt-poor Haitians - December 13-15, 2006

                        
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A group of people look at the bodies of 11 children at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006. The corpses were brought by workers from the hospital's morgue to the main entrance of the hospital as part of the second-week of a strike demanding higher paying salaries. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                            
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A worker from the morgue drops off a body at the main entrance of the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006. The Corpse was removed from the morgue on Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                    

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A man pulls a cart with a coffin on its as he walks past the bodies of 11 children and a man at the main entrance of University Hospital in Port-au-Prince December 14, 2006. The bodies were removed from the morgue on Thursday morning. (REUTERS)
                
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21st CENTURY SLAVE - Fristner Maitre, 22, an inmate brought to the emergency room of the General Hospital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti is padlocked to the bed as he awaits carWednesday December 13, 02:13 AM Fristner Maitre, 22, an inmate brought to the emergency room of the General Hospital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti is padlocked to the bed as he awaits care, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                         

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The body of a new born child lies in a crib two days after dying at the general Hospital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006. Doctors are on the second-week of a strike demanding higher paying salaries. No further information has been made available. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                      
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A religious woman prays for the health of patient Saint German, 53, at the general Hospital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006. DoctorsWednesday December 13, 02:14 AM A religious woman prays for the health of patient Saint German, 53, at the general Hospital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                
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A girl waits for to be attended at the pediatric room iof the general Hospital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006. Doctors are on theWednesday December 13, 08:14 PM A girl waits for to be attended at the pediatric room iof the general Hospital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
             
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Kendy Miltone,32, cooks vegetables in charcoal handmade stoves in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday,Dec.15, 2006. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                        
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