Haiti's former capital seeks to revive its hey-day as violence consumes Port-au-Prince

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Haiti's former capital seeks to revive its hey-day as violence consumes Port-au-Prince

Cap-Haitian, Haiti — They call it Okap, home to Haiti's kings, emancipated slaves and revolutionaries. Sitting on the shimmering north coast, the city of Cap-Haitien was abandoned as a capital during the waning years of the French colonial era and again when the Kingdom of Haiti fell after its king died by suicide and his teenage son was slain. It was once known as the Paris of the Antilles, and now it is on the brink of becoming what some say i…