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-- Haiti's wealth distribution ranked most unequal in a region that's the most unequal in the world;
-- 1% of Haitians control half the wealth and take full advantage to extract more;
-- 80% of Haitians endure extreme poverty; many don't have enough to eat;
-- 80% are unemployed or only have part-time or sporadic work;
-- sweatshop wages were 11 - 12 cents an hour and no benefits until parliament (in May 2009) passed a new minimum wage law providing for 200 gourdes or $5 dollars a day; Preval signed it only after getting it reduced to 125 gourdes or $3 a day; even so, employers may pay as little as they wish and get away with it as who'll challenge them;
-- the result is that three-fourths of Haitians live on less than $2 a day and over half on less than $1;
-- life expectancy is 52 years;
-- infant mortality is double the regional average at 76 per 1,000 births;
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