The Rainy Season: Haiti Since DuvalierThis welcome interpretation of Haiti provides many insights into a country that few North Americans understand. Wilentz, a journalist, captures the complex cultural ambience and mystery of domestic politics with a penetrating eye and powerful description. Covering the years 1986-89, Wilentz analyzes political developments, centering her interpretations on the activities of a radical priest, interspersed with individual Haitian portraits and personal incidents. The flavor of Haiti is superbly conveyed, as are some unsavory aspects of the role of the press, the Catholic Church, and the U.S. embassy, but Wilentz's narrative is often unclear and her objectivity flawed. For academic and large public libraries.-- Roderic A. Camp, Central Coll., Pella, Ia . -Library Journal. |
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Page 281
... continued external aid on very concessional terms . These measures are fundamental to the viability of investments in the flatter areas , especially when they concern the protec- tion of watersheds that feed the irrigation systems . A ...
... continued external aid on very concessional terms . These measures are fundamental to the viability of investments in the flatter areas , especially when they concern the protec- tion of watersheds that feed the irrigation systems . A ...
Page 361
... continued . " This we could not accept , that the Haitian people would perceive the Haitian Army as accomplices in such an act . It was intolerable , we could not hold our heads up in front of our brothers . To attack a church while the ...
... continued . " This we could not accept , that the Haitian people would perceive the Haitian Army as accomplices in such an act . It was intolerable , we could not hold our heads up in front of our brothers . To attack a church while the ...
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... keep on talking , undaunted . Aristide turned the logic of his enemies on its head . " My best protection , " he told me , “ is to keep on doing exactly what I have always done . " If the people continued to support 400 THE RAINY SEASON.
... keep on talking , undaunted . Aristide turned the logic of his enemies on its head . " My best protection , " he told me , “ is to keep on doing exactly what I have always done . " If the people continued to support 400 THE RAINY SEASON.
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