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DrDebug

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Sun Sep-18-05 11:43 AM
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11. Indeed. He 'Chavez' the country

The main problem was that Jean-Bertrand Aristide didn't listen to the IMF and the World Bank and thought that they made life worse in Haiti, however by not implementing the demands of the IMF also implied that the mayor corporation were not satisfied.

There is a very good chapter about Jean-Bertrande Aristide "How Will Rid Me Of This Troublesome Priest" in "Killing Hope" by William Blum which deals with the period 1986-1994, however when Aristide was reinstated as president he continued onto his old socialist path...

You can read an excerpt online at:

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Haiti_KH.html

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