А few days ago, we learned that women and children living in the tent c...

А few days ago, we learned that women and children living in the tent cities were killed when heavy rain and winds struck Haiti. No one can claim that this result was unexpected, as we in CARICOM have been sounding alarms for months about the dangers inherent in the imminent rainy season. To survive an earthquake, only to be killed by rain, is an unfathomable tragedy. The entirely avoidable deaths of those women and and children will remain a stain on the collective conscience of this body and our membership.