Under the Radar
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In an interview with a Miami-based Haitian radio station 3 years ago, the director of Haiti’s National Archives, Jean Wilfrid Bertrand, nonchalantly admitted that he did not have Haiti’s original ...
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On the practical side all species are enjoying their earthly purpose to be born, live and die, except humans who are so enthralled with their intelligence that they have raised the ante. Pr...
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Among the greatest tragedies in human history that caused a persecuted group to finally take control of its destiny was the Holocaust (1938-45); the unforgettable episode during which 6 mi...
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Functioning on an innate and irrational fear that Haitian-born children in the DR are part of a Machiavellian plan conceived by Canada, France and the US to unify the island under Haitian r...
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Like Ponzi-schemers, convincing themselves they are not hurting anybody, the architects of the February 29th 2004 invasion of Haiti continue their dangerous game of excluding a sizable p...
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Given a choice most people would rather have governments off their back since government decisions tend to be arbitrary and immune to reviews by those affected, particularly in the Third Wo...
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On November 9th thousands of Germans celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the epic event which precipitated the reunification of East and West Germany on October ...
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In wars as in politics victory is sometimes subjective, which is why history is replete with victories that were at best pyrrhic because of adverse ramifications on the victors. 1812: Napo...
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I used to think that democracy despite its flaws was better than any other political system but the Haitian experiment, conceived by non-Haitians and imposed by force, changed my perspectiv...
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What has happened in Honduras bears an uncanny resemblance to the September 30th 1991 military coup that overthrew Haiti’s first democratically elected president, Jean Bertrand Aristide, wh...
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Ordinarily the charities operating in the Third World are supervised by board of directors acting as the eyes and ears of the benefactors (institutional and individuals) that financed them...
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As conventional wisdom dictates; charity has a price. In Haiti’s case, however, the assessment of the benefactors falls disproportionably on the most vulnerable segment of the population: t...
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Paris’ unqualified support of corrupt tyrants, like Omar Bongo, who passed away June 8th of an undisclosed illness in a Spanish clinic, should be closely examined, as it is incompatible wit...