Ice cream sales are a lifeline for Haiti

Refugees come to Caracas due to lack of work

CARACAS - Emilton Amboise pounds the Caracas streets in the middle of a tropical heatwave, hoping to sell enough ice cream to send money home to family in Haiti.

Like so many, Amboise lost relatives in the Jan 12 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation and killed more than 200,000 people. "One of my sisters died and many cousins and friends too," he said.