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 259
The commander and the chef de section had been waiting for him at
headquarters, he told the movement organizers. The chef had told him to tell the
peasants to pay their market taxes. "I'm not the one who decides," Chavannes
said he told ...
The commander and the chef de section had been waiting for him at
headquarters, he told the movement organizers. The chef had told him to tell the
peasants to pay their market taxes. "I'm not the one who decides," Chavannes
said he told ...
Page 346
The U.S. government, he told her, wanted Communism in Haiti; that was why they
had cut off aid — what else could an aid cutoff do but destabilize the nation and
help the Communist cause? He proceeded to foreign journalists: Why did they ...
The U.S. government, he told her, wanted Communism in Haiti; that was why they
had cut off aid — what else could an aid cutoff do but destabilize the nation and
help the Communist cause? He proceeded to foreign journalists: Why did they ...
Page 367
Any second now, I told myself, he'll open his eyes and speak, and it will be as if
nothing had happened. Even if his body is weak, his voice will be strong. That
was how it always had been. After all, it had been two weeks since the massacre.
Any second now, I told myself, he'll open his eyes and speak, and it will be as if
nothing had happened. Even if his body is weak, his voice will be strong. That
was how it always had been. After all, it had been two weeks since the massacre.
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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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