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 112
But the class of landowners and the bourgeoisie who live off the corrupt system
we have in Haiti, who do nothing, who give nothing back to the country, who steal
what little wealth we have and put it into banks in foreign countries, their private ...
But the class of landowners and the bourgeoisie who live off the corrupt system
we have in Haiti, who do nothing, who give nothing back to the country, who steal
what little wealth we have and put it into banks in foreign countries, their private ...
Page 327
The CEP invited foreign powers to interfere in the domestic affairs of the country .
. . and thus attacked our dignity as a free and sovereign people. . . . The CNG," he
concluded, "is untainted by special interest or partisan politics, and renews its ...
The CEP invited foreign powers to interfere in the domestic affairs of the country .
. . and thus attacked our dignity as a free and sovereign people. . . . The CNG," he
concluded, "is untainted by special interest or partisan politics, and renews its ...
Page 420
... 57-58, 106-9, 153-54, 250, 286- 287, 380-82 contraband, 279-80 prices of, 24,
25, 278, 279 U.S. surplus, 283 Food-for-Work program, 179, 189, 267, 268, 278,
280, 282 Foreign Affairs , 393 foreign aid, 264-84 export-led policy and, 269-70, ...
... 57-58, 106-9, 153-54, 250, 286- 287, 380-82 contraband, 279-80 prices of, 24,
25, 278, 279 U.S. surplus, 283 Food-for-Work program, 179, 189, 267, 268, 278,
280, 282 Foreign Affairs , 393 foreign aid, 264-84 export-led policy and, 269-70, ...
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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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