amazingdany (September 4, 2008 at 7:15 pm)

Haiti is poor due to:1. French colonial contribution.2. The international boycott of the new nation of 1804.3. The French debt of 1838.4. The United States Occupation, 1915-1934.5. Post World War II United States domination. 6. Slave-like labor systems in the early republic.7. The elite's protection of its wealth.8. Haitian corruption.9. Human rights violations as a tool of oppression. So it's a mix of external factors and their own damn fault.

AlixLwanga (August 17, 2008 at 9:15 pm)

it is crazy how the situation in Haiti is getting worse... wow to think that the world is moving "forward"... not so much.

Skullie1111 (August 7, 2008 at 9:17 pm)

I agree with ef11226. How did you graduate high school and get accepted to college? You have no writing skills or even class.

ehunter2 (July 25, 2008 at 12:29 am)

Message to Fellow Americans...read the posts from Haitians. Realize that no matter what you do in Haiti..the only interpretation will the age old whine of Imperialism! Racism! Exploitation!. Do not lift one finger to help this place unless you enjoy gettting spit in the face for your efforts.

dabelba31 (July 17, 2008 at 4:07 pm)

si es una vardadera tragedia

blender211 (July 11, 2008 at 1:29 am)

Titid is no longer in Haiti, he is part of the past, and the country doesnt have any time to waste by looking back, it needs to look forward, to move in that direction. As someone who works in law enforcement, I can state that 7500 police officers for a country roughly the size of Maryland, with the population of NYC is woefully inadequate. Haiti needs more than 7500 street patrol officers alone! Ideally, a competent, professional force that totals 30,000 would then impact the kidnapping plague

GWOZ0Z0 (July 7, 2008 at 2:22 pm)

This is not about Aristid--but about the nation that elected him.

real3rdlife (July 7, 2008 at 1:58 pm)

man stop whith that aristide thing man this guy was the worse pain that haiti have ever new man,,, he was a corrupt and was working for the americans... so stop with that democratically elected president shit... if you were in haiti in 2001 you wud understand what i am saying man he had a chance to unite the country he did the opposite so please stop fighting for a person but for a country so fuck arristide please stop man ...he's past now...

real3rdlife (July 7, 2008 at 1:55 pm)

when you don't understand something why don't u ask for more explanations i didn't say that cuba has the same problems as haiti..by the way ...and did u went to all cuba's places..no so shut up...

otherwisesaid (July 7, 2008 at 5:21 am)

I hear you man. I hear you.