Why Go to Haiti? A New Haiti is Coming!

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"A Response from: Joseph Alfred, Educator.{Extrait}
Why go to Haiti?

There is a life in Haiti beside politics my friends; it is unfortunate that some of our current leaders are more concerned about their personal interest at the expense of the country.

None of them can come close to Toussaint Louverture.

My friends, a new Haiti is coming, at my age I may not see it, but one thing is certain there will be a new Haiti.

Haiti does not have too many friends around the globe.

Its birth had put in jeopardy the slavery system in which many countries were relied on for free or cheap labor.

We have abolished slavery in the Dominican Republic but unfortunately they only remember that we had occupied them for 21 years.

If you go to Venezuela and try to talk about Haiti in a negative way at the various colleges, or the average citizen, they will defend Haiti fiercely; so far it is the only country I know that respect us for helping them get their freedom.

It is unfortunate that Venezuela have not yet become a great economic power; but I can tell you Haitians are well received in Venezuela.

Why go to Haiti?

You should go see for yourself and explore the land of the artists, the land of creativity, the land of hope, the land of mystery its voluptuous mountains, its deserted valleys and its endless sea. Why go to Haiti?

Go see for yourself that Haitian people stick together, and get along with each other.

This explains their survival despite their misery.

Haitians who live in Miami, New York, Montreal, Bahamas, France, Guadeloupe and Atlanta, send millions every months to help their relatives back home. Most of you in this forum are either professionals or students and belong to the middle class or the upper class.

To understand Haiti, ask yourself why Haitian folks who are working two jobs over here send almost all their paychecks back home to help relatives?

Contrary to what people might say, we have resources in Haiti; the resource of Haiti is the land itself, its location, its mountain, its sea, its rivers, its small islands, its shape.

My friends, the country has not used its resources, La Tortue one day will be a great Tourist Attraction, La Gonave will become an Amazing Haitian Riviera.

L'ile-à-Vache will become an attractive place and La Navase (Navassa Island; perhaps a war will be fought for that Island) It will become a Historic Place for the new martyrs of the new Haiti.

Today the Haitian situation is a little chaotic but this happens to many people in the world in various times of history.

The French Revolution, the Decadence era, the civil war in the U.S., the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Why go to Haiti?

Many have portrayed Haiti negatively but my friends Haiti is not Port-au-Prince.

Can you imagine the crime rate in Washington DC?

By visiting only DC, you cannot say that you have visited the United States.

Go to Haiti and visit the CITADELLE, visit Pestel, Fort-Liberte, Ouanaminthe, Hinche, Cayes, Gonaives, Jeremie, La Tortue, and Mirebalais My friends Haiti will rise again do not underestimate the will and the determination of the Haitian people."

Au Nom De Joseph Alfred Educator, May 21 2009, 8:44 PM

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