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2021-07-18 Caribbean-Latin America

Haiti needs international help more than ever

Op-ed piece by two Haitian academics. Worth a read as it covers a lot of the background of the past 30 years to explain why Haiti continues to be a failed country.

Posted by Steve White 2021-07-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 elected in the first round of the November 2016 presidential elections, Moïse only garnered 590,927 votes, about 10 per cent of the electorate

Easy enough.
80% of the population didn't believe in/participate in/care for/understand, a popular vote solution. Or were starved of their motivation.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-18 05:53|| 2021-07-18 05:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Focus now on 'free stuff' is it? What happened to the investigation of the assassination? Media, Deep State Department, Bueller, anyone ?

Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-18 05:58|| 2021-07-18 05:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Remember when the American ruling class was selling spreading 'democracy' in the world, at the same time they were engineering its destruction at home. True representative government is a rare thing throughout history. It doesn't naturally spring forth in the temporary absence of other governing rituals.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-07-18 07:10|| 2021-07-18 07:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Yhe US ruling class defines 'democracy' as our guys in charge as opposed to anybody else. Doesn't matter what is done, as long as they get to give the orders.

Posted by ed in texas 2021-07-18 11:49|| 2021-07-18 11:49|| Front Page Top

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