Editor's Note: Click here to watch a video of Carmen Gentile reporting from Cité Soleil. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Edith Destiny remembers the days when gunfire in the Haitian capital's slums kept her awake all night. "Things are beginning to improve here -- I don't hear nearly as many gunshots as I used to," said Destiny while deep-frying a batch of Haitian "marinade" for potential customers along a busy thoroughfare in Cité Soleil, one of Port-au-Prince's largest, and most notoriously violent, slums.
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The 38-year-old mother of two said fewer gunshots means better business for her and the other merchants along 19th Street, where tin shacks and open sewers line a freshly paved street, compliments of international donors.
Haiti: Port-au-Prince Slums Experiencing Relative Calm, for Now
