Natural disaster struck with full force early in 2010, when the capital Port-au-Prince was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake - the country's worst in 200 years.
Limbé is located 220 km north of the capital Port-au-Prince.
On the road that leads 20 miles west to Leogane from the capital Port-au-Prince, deep fissures have opened up.
Phaeton is approximately 134 km / 83 mi from Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince.
"This is a new Haiti, open for business now," he told a cheering crowd in the capital Port-au-Prince.
After returning from the US to Haiti, he taught in the capital Port-au-Prince.
The coup began with a late night mutiny at the Frères military training camp, east of the capital Port-au-Prince, where heavy fighting was reported.
On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti about 10 miles south-west of the capital Port-au-Prince.
Relief efforts had been slow because of the lack of supplies and focus on the capital Port-au-Prince.
The epicenter of the quake was just outside the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
