06/06/2024
My latest piece on the Haitian tragedy.
"widespread poverty, desperation, the crumbling of the security apparatus, and the failure of the state itself have often created arguments for a more brutal approach to decision-making. The issue with that argument is that Haiti tried it before; it failed to deliver too, which led to the demise of the filthy dictatorship on a fateful morning of February 7th, 1986."
The Great Promise of 1986 On December 31st, 2009, it was not difficult to believe that one was living through the greatest moments of Haitian political history. The country had recently gone throug…
