Under the Radar
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Now that the search for survivors of the Jan.12 earthquake has officially ended, the grim reality of rebuilding hundreds of schools, government buildings, roads, the electric grid and other...
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From Haitians having made a pact with the devil to secure their freedom to other unqualified and inconsiderate comments made during the extensive media coverage of the January 12th earthqu...
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To call what happened in Haiti last Tuesday a tragedy would be understatement. It was by any measure utter destruction. Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, home to two million souls, was pract...
There is no suitable alternative to Capitalism
Despite the loud and incessant warning of doomsayers predicting the demise of capitalism, I remain unshaken in my opinion that the system is not only preferable to any others but also the best sui...
Despite the loud and incessant warning of doomsayers predicting the demise of capitalism, I remain unshaken in my opinion that the system is not only preferable to any others but also the best sui...
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Wanted: a Savior for Haiti
Courage in battlefields, the strength of character of their leaders in hours of needs and a sense of destiny are the most conspicuous attributes of great nations. Thus it was not surprising that ...
Courage in battlefields, the strength of character of their leaders in hours of needs and a sense of destiny are the most conspicuous attributes of great nations. Thus it was not surprising that ...
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Haiti-Dominican Republic relations in perspectives
Functioning on an innate and irrational fear that Haitian-born children in the DR are part of a Machiavellian plan conceived by Canada, France and the US to unify the island under Haitian rule, t...
Functioning on an innate and irrational fear that Haitian-born children in the DR are part of a Machiavellian plan conceived by Canada, France and the US to unify the island under Haitian rule, t...
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Innate Bias or Legalism
Like Ponzi-schemers, convincing themselves they are not hurting anybody, the architects of the February 29th 2004 invasion of Haiti continue their dangerous game of excluding a sizable portion of...
Like Ponzi-schemers, convincing themselves they are not hurting anybody, the architects of the February 29th 2004 invasion of Haiti continue their dangerous game of excluding a sizable portion of...
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Capitalism vs. Utilitarianism
Given a choice most people would rather have governments off their back since government decisions tend to be arbitrary and immune to reviews by those affected, particularly in the Third World. T...
Given a choice most people would rather have governments off their back since government decisions tend to be arbitrary and immune to reviews by those affected, particularly in the Third World. T...
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On November 9th thousands of Germans celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the epic event which precipitated the reunification of East and West Germany on October ...
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In wars as in politics victory is sometimes subjective, which is why history is replete with victories that were at best pyrrhic because of adverse ramifications on the victors. 1812: Napo...
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I used to think that democracy despite its flaws was better than any other political system but the Haitian experiment, conceived by non-Haitians and imposed by force, changed my perspectiv...
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What has happened in Honduras bears an uncanny resemblance to the September 30th 1991 military coup that overthrew Haiti’s first democratically elected president, Jean Bertrand Aristide, wh...
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Ordinarily the charities operating in the Third World are supervised by board of directors acting as the eyes and ears of the benefactors (institutional and individuals) that financed them...
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As conventional wisdom dictates; charity has a price. In Haiti’s case, however, the assessment of the benefactors falls disproportionably on the most vulnerable segment of the population: t...
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Paris’ unqualified support of corrupt tyrants, like Omar Bongo, who passed away June 8th of an undisclosed illness in a Spanish clinic, should be closely examined, as it is incompatible wit...
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Any proponent of Charles Darwin’s “Theory of evolution” would agree that any evolutionary process inevitably peaked. In our case, the evolutionary process seems to have peaked as it relates...
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As per tradition, Haitian Flag Day (May 18) was celebrated grandiloquently throughout the Diaspora, and this year’s had a particular resonance among Haitians, as no less than U.S Preside...
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The beheading of Carlos Nerilus, a Haitian citizen, in presence of a jubilant mob in the Santo Domingo neighborhood of Buenos Aires is a natural outcome of a campaign in the Dominican Repu...