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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Page 367
But still , his extreme frailty as he made his way across the balcony seemed
inconceivable . Someone else might be broken by such an ordeal , but not this
man . Any second now , I told myself , he ' ll open his eyes and speak , and it will
be as ...
But still , his extreme frailty as he made his way across the balcony seemed
inconceivable . Someone else might be broken by such an ordeal , but not this
man . Any second now , I told myself , he ' ll open his eyes and speak , and it will
be as ...
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| Title | The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier A Touchstone Book |
| 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 |
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