Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

It's been ten years since an earthquake devastated Haiti. Our correspondent paid a visit

on the anniversary, attended a voodoo ceremony commemorating the dead, and found a country

in the midst of a thorny constitutional crisis. And, same-sex marriages have been legal

in Britain long enough that statistics are emerging on same-sex divorces. We look into

the surprising fact that gay women are far more likely to split up than gay men.

But first, President Donald Trump's impeachment drama is about to enter its final chapter.

Day at 12.30pm, the Senate reconvenes and Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader,

will introduce a resolution after the Senate is gabbled in that lays out the rules for the impeachment trial.

John Fasman is our Washington correspondent, and then the trial itself is set to begin on Wednesday.

It comes five months after revelations that Mr. Trump withheld military aid from Ukraine for what appeared to be purely political gain.

For a brief period, Mr. Trump's future as president was thrown into question.

Last month, he became the third American president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives.

But his trial in the Republican-dominated Senate is very likely to be very different.

The rules have been set by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and there's no guarantee that the trial will include witnesses

or that the findings from the House's inquiry will be admitted into evidence.

Democrats such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer were not on board with the plan.

A trial where there's no evidence, no existing record, and no new evidence, no witnesses, no documents.

That isn't a trial at all. It's a cover-up.

Senator McConnell's rules seem designed to ensure a quick trial.

Each side, both the House and Mr. Trump's team, gets 24 hours total to make their arguments, but they're limited to two days.

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