The main industry in the southern city of Jacmel, for example, was once harvesting coffee.

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The Jacmel region, for example, has the potential to become a cultural and tourist centre.

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But intrepid Jacmel residents got out word they needed help through the Internet, texts, Facebook and YouTube.

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At a gallery opening in Jacmel I met an artist who'd spent the '60s tending bar at jazz clubs in New York.

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He said they planned to start using two other airports, at Jacmel in Haiti and San Isidro in the neighbouring Dominican Republic.

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So much of the artistry that made Jacmel special is gone.

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As for the hotel, while business wasn't overwhelming during its first year, hope was high for February, when the annual carnival celebration brings thousands of people to Jacmel.

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In two regional capitals, Cap-Haitian and Jacmel, we met women and younger candidates with a clear vision of how to use their offices for the good of the Haitian people.

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She also visited Jacmel, in the south of Haiti.

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The United States joined the effort Tuesday, announcing they will fly in C130s with supplies that will assist the Canadians in making Jacmel's airport the center of the rescue efforts to southern provinces not touched by the aid sent to Port-au-Prince.

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