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< March 26 2008 at 4:38 PM >
Rft says...

Dessalines: The good old days weren't so good for everyone and the future is not as bad as it seems.

Our beloved Haiti is in a state of decline since the second civil war of 1806 (Petion vs Christophe).

Off course Haiti was better off during the Duvalier years than today.

But this argument is meaningless since it is a country in a state of decline; in other words it's like a line with a negative slope.

It does not matter where you measure the slope along the line, the slope will be always be the same negative magnitude.

So despite what the Duvalier regime built inside Haiti the whole Haitian economy was clandestinely declining just as much as it was under Soulouque, under Michel Domingue, under Salnave, under the ephemerous presidents and so forth...Across the past 200+ years, Haiti went from riches to rags; it does not matter what regime you look at. You gotta look at the agregate data. Are most of the Haitian families better off in 1985 than they were in 1957?

If that the answer is no, since it is a resounding NO then Duvalier's projects bear no fruits for Haiti.

Thanks

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Posted by Rft on March 26 2008 at 4:38 PM



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It's is about time some other true patriot,nationalist and visionary Haitian Brother or Sister,beside of course myself,express the true feeling of what's going on in our beloved-Haiti.Yes,PaPa Doc was not a fake democrat,yes he was a true dictator in > >
Dessalines, 25-Mar-08 10:32 am
Haiti is the way it is today because of decades of Duvalier and his cronies mismanagement (father and son) and the looting of billions of dollars by all those people out of Haiti. Haiti lost the best of its population: engineers, architectures, doct > >
Beauvais Villatre, 25-Mar-08 2:08 pm
You are a small minded fool who is most likely living in a foreign country which is run by the rule of law not the laws of the jungle. A country were civilized people get together and discuss issues and make decisions based on what is best for their > >
Lamartini Re, 25-Mar-08 2:28 pm
Hello compatriot, I did not quite understand this post. Yes or no; are you saying that they are engaging into diplomatic endeavors to re-establish the Haitian Armed Forces? Your response, Wilgeens Rosenberg > >
Wilgeens Rosenberg, 25-Mar-08 5:53 pm
That was page one of the New York Times read page 2 as well. I am staying out of the sad thing called politics. Politics do not put food on the table, nor pay for my tuition or cost of living. Happy reading: click here to read the entire story from > >
Claude, 25-Mar-08 6:28 pm
No my friend, you are right in many aspect of your analysis. Given the nature of the word Dictator, it is only a bad Government when the USA do not see any interest or benefit in it for them. HAITI had all those Industries which have provided the > >
Wilgeens Rosenberg, 25-Mar-08 6:41 pm
Dessalines, we both cherish our beloved Haiti but we must set the record straigtht for the sake of historical accuracy. Papa Doc was a noirist like Dumarsais Estime. I doubt very much he was a qualified president but I believe he was a shrewd politic > >
Rubens F. Titus, 26-Mar-08 1:26 am
Dear "M*O*R*O*N", foolish "S O.B" "stu pido", MOTHERless "f. u. ck", fils de "pu t e" "sal aud", "salo-pri" dog "f a r,t", the only people qui ont des louanges for the "Duca-Ka" Duvaliers are the criminals and their families who benefited from > >
La Lionne, 26-Mar-08 2:24 pm
Firts,I thank you for trying to set the record straight for the sake of historical accuracy...but what i've stated was during the Duvaliers, Haiti as a country was stronger in every category...whether one despises the Duvaliers or not...the fact re > >
Dessalines, 26-Mar-08 4:14 pm
Dessalines: The good old days weren't so good for everyone and the future is not as bad as it seems. Our beloved Haiti is in a state of decline since the second civil war of 1806 (Petion vs Christophe). Off course Haiti was better off during the Duva > >
Rft, 26-Mar-08 4:38 pm
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