Re: Are corporate vultures hovering over Haiti waiting for the opportunity

On 1/16/2010 12:32 PM, tg wrote:
> On Jan 16, 10:57 am, “*Anarcissie*” wrote:
>> On Jan 16, 10:44 am, Beam Me Up Scotty >
>>
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>> dog.com> wrote:
>>> On 1/16/2010 9:27 AM, Fred Weiss wrote:
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>>>> On Jan 15, 5:46 pm, Immortalist wrote:
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>>>>> Are corporate vultures hovering over Haiti waiting for the opportunity
>>>>> to descend and restructure?
>>
>>>> The Haitians should be so lucky.
>>
>>>> Fred Weiss
>>
>>> It’s funny, that kind of illuminates their problem from the get go,
>>> there is no capitalist investment because dictators and socialism drove
>>> it all out.
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>>
>> What socialism?

Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born July 15, 1953) is a Haitian politician and
former Roman Catholic priest. He was briefly President of Haiti in 1991,
prior to a September 1991 military coup, and was President again from
1994 to 1996 and from 2001 to 2004. He was then ousted in a February
2004 rebellion in which former soldiers participated. Aristide accused
the U.S. of orchestrating a coup against him.[1] He was forced into
exile and eventually settled in South Africa. Haitian investigators have
accused Aristide of extensive embezzlement and money laundering.[2]
Aristide has forcefully denied these accusations. [3]

Fanmi Lavalas is a populist *leftist political party* in Haiti. Former
President *Jean-Bertrand Aristide is the leader of the party* , which
has been a powerful force in Haitian politics since 1991. “Fanmi
Lavalas” may be roughly translated into English as “Avalanche Family” or
“Waterfall Family” (referring to the Biblical flood), but the name is
almost never completely translated from Kréyòl, although it is sometimes
given as “Lavalas Family.” Its governments supported a policy of “growth
with equity” based upon Caribbean and Western European *social*
*democratic principles* . FL governments have invested in education and
health care while refusing IMF austerity measures. Fanmi Lavalas was
formed in 1996 as a split by Aristide and the poor masses[citation
needed] from the smaller Struggling People’s Party. Two *main* *reasons
for the creation of Fanmi Lavalas* are known: (1) to allow the Lavalas
movement to remain inclusive while opposing the neo-liberal policies of
the foreign influenced OPL; (2) to prevent rival politicians from taking
over the movement’s leadership from Aristide and other more left-wing
leaders. The Haitian military overthrew Aristide’s first government in 1991.

*Don’t you just hate it when I post proof and you look stupid*

From 1957 to 1986, the *Duvalier family reigned as dictators* , with a
personality cult and major corruption. They created the private army and
terrorist death squads known as Tonton Macoutes. Many Haitians fled to
exile in the United States and Canada, especially French-speaking
Québec. In the 1970s the United States funded major efforts to establish
in Haiti assembly plants for U.S. manufacturers. In the mid 1980s the US
continued military and economic aid to the regime.[36]
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