Ilio's Odyssey
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There is almost a generalized consensus that reviving the Haitian agriculture would be a pivotal factor in Haiti’s progress, as it tries to rebuild itself. Monsanto, one of the first foreign compan...
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As a little boy, I used to wonder of all the countries in the world why was I born in Haiti. I grew up with a cousin who is about the same age as I am, and each time we would look in the sky and se...
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It is time that everyone faces up the new reality of Haiti. Things are probably going to get a lot worst before any improvement is made. The earthquake is not responsible for all that we are witnes...
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At times, reading about the current situation in Haiti, one might get the impression that Haitians have given up on the country. Most of the Op-Ed pages of the mainstream media are being written by...
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The more I read about the current conditions in Haiti, the more I am convinced that we need an alternative response to what is happening. Before the earthquake, Haiti was only functional due to it...
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As a nation, we tend to focus more on the bad than to promote the good. We usually like to agree with people who are different than us than to compromise with our own. We are a proud nation, but ti...
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Any talk of a new Haiti must start with job creation and end with jobs that pay a decent wage. Before the quake Haiti’s unemployment rate was one of the highest in the region, and the few who hel...
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I am not a big fan of quick fixes and can never get to wrap my mind around temporary solutions. For that many people who know me think that I am lay back or just never feel the need for urgency. ...
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Let us not kid ourselves. We must take control of the situation-- and the sooner, the better. Of the many editorials I’ve read in leading news media outlets in the United States lately, many ...
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In less than one minute, everything changed. On my way home from work the evening of Jan. 12, I took a glance at status updates on one of the many social websites and read that an earthquake o...
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As we enter a new year and decade, the horizon is full of hope and optimism about the endless possibilities that are awaiting us. While this time usually ushers in new optimism, I have a gut fee...
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We have the beginning of a functioning civil society, when a community unites and gathers around a common purpose. Occupying the same space without any useful agenda for the greater community can...
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Haiti is ranked 12th on the list of failed states index for the year 2009. By population size only a few countries on that list are smaller than we are. Our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is as low...