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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... Aristide that continued through the hot summer of 1987 and after . He was paying bands of boys to burn tires , one rumor said ; he was teaching kids to make Molotov cocktails , another alleged . It was Aristide , and not the ...
... Aristide that continued through the hot summer of 1987 and after . He was paying bands of boys to burn tires , one rumor said ; he was teaching kids to make Molotov cocktails , another alleged . It was Aristide , and not the ...
Page 126
... Aristide's life . The regime stated that he was preach- ing violence , and the provincial delegate of Aristide's order was brought in to meet with members of Duvalier's Cabinet . Soon after , Aristide was sent by the Church into exile ...
... Aristide's life . The regime stated that he was preach- ing violence , and the provincial delegate of Aristide's order was brought in to meet with members of Duvalier's Cabinet . Soon after , Aristide was sent by the Church into exile ...
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... Aristide's followers , they had started out skinny - and weaker . A few were on intravenous . Waldeck and the rest of the street kids lounged among the strikers , and when they begged from the curious gathered in the cathedral , they ...
... Aristide's followers , they had started out skinny - and weaker . A few were on intravenous . Waldeck and the rest of the street kids lounged among the strikers , and when they begged from the curious gathered in the cathedral , they ...
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