The rainy season: Haiti since DuvalierRecounting a series of personal journeys, each interwoven with scenes from Haiti's extraordinary past, the author brings to life the day-to-day realities of the politically turbulent country |
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Page 130
If elections were a step on the path toward popular democracy, the people would
participate, but elections alone were never their goal. The peasants weren't
particularly interested in a new President; they wanted a better way of life. The
older ...
If elections were a step on the path toward popular democracy, the people would
participate, but elections alone were never their goal. The peasants weren't
particularly interested in a new President; they wanted a better way of life. The
older ...
Page 299
elections, six men with machine guns broke into the council's offices downtown
and ransacked the place, smashing to pieces the council's computers, the
motorcycles used by volunteers like Djo's two cousins, the typewriters and the
printers.
elections, six men with machine guns broke into the council's offices downtown
and ransacked the place, smashing to pieces the council's computers, the
motorcycles used by volunteers like Djo's two cousins, the typewriters and the
printers.
Page 307
the Wednesday before the election, according to several sources, there was such
a meeting but those involved were unable to come to an agreement concerning
the election. Some were said to have argued for dissolving the electoral council ...
the Wednesday before the election, according to several sources, there was such
a meeting but those involved were unable to come to an agreement concerning
the election. Some were said to have argued for dissolving the electoral council ...
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| Title | The rainy season: Haiti since Duvalier |
| Author | Amy Wilentz |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671641867, 9780671641863 |
| Length | 427 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / General Political Science / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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