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 21
... journalists , evening was about to fall . Something sweet was in the air . The journalists were lounging around on the wicker and bamboo furniture , drinking rum . The whispered name Duvalier moved from table to table and back again ...
... journalists , evening was about to fall . Something sweet was in the air . The journalists were lounging around on the wicker and bamboo furniture , drinking rum . The whispered name Duvalier moved from table to table and back again ...
Page 310
... journalists returned to Port - au- Prince later in the day , following the ballot truck back . They made a mistake , too . At a roadblock , the ballot truck driver was forced out of his cab and chased into the bushes by a band of men ...
... journalists returned to Port - au- Prince later in the day , following the ballot truck back . They made a mistake , too . At a roadblock , the ballot truck driver was forced out of his cab and chased into the bushes by a band of men ...
Page 362
... journalists descended once again . Like the Haitian peo- ple , they could not figure out what was going on . They were expect- ing a countercoup ; the U.S. State Department , publicly quite cautious on the subject of Avril and the ti ...
... journalists descended once again . Like the Haitian peo- ple , they could not figure out what was going on . They were expect- ing a countercoup ; the U.S. State Department , publicly quite cautious on the subject of Avril and the ti ...
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