The solution to fix Haiti is an authoritarian government. Democracy has been an abject failure. And when I mean authoritarian I mean nothing like Kaddafi, Duvalier or Mugabe because those regimes are not sustainable. Something like Cuba, Singapore or China where it’s built around not one man but one party. Aristide almost had this but made too many mistakes. First off instead of demobilizing the military he should have done what what Chávez after his coup. Purge the shyt out of the military and put in pro Lavalas officers in the military. That would have been much better because this would have kept the army in place. And would have prevented ex soldiers from forming gangs which led to the crime wave we saw in Haiti in the mid to late 90s.
The problem is the US, France and Canada will prevent that from happening. They want Haiti to have democracy because it makes it easier for them to spread chaos and bedlam in Haiti. Keep it weak and divided. Allowing the elites who are their puppets to loot the country dry.
I'm mad that I can only give you 10 rep points for this post even though fundamentally, I disagree.
And when I say that I disagree fundamentally it's because to me every people every group of people should have the right to choose their leader. That's just a basic right to me. However I agree with you that the start of democracy that runs there now will not work because it's too easily manipulated by outside influencers.
Looking back at it, Aristide was the right guy for it but my problem with Aristide is during his initial term he was way too divisive. He was further dividing a people that was already divided as it was. And it was obvious even within the middle class in the poor people. My dad hated them but my mom and her sisters loved him.
But to me if he had set his personal feelings aside in public and managed things better there's no limit to what he could have done in the country. He was extremely popular among the poor in the middle class and won the election by a landslide so he would always have the people's support. But the minute he went into office he was talking reckless and made enemies very quickly. Powerful enemies at that.
The other problem that came with Aristide was the fanatical aspect of him. He was so popular that you would not dare speak or say anything bad about or against him. You say bad things about Titid in certain neighborhoods people would threaten to kill you if not kill you on sight. It was not his doing at all. The people just loved him that much and it would destroy anything that seemed to threaten him.
But in my mind, now that I look back at it, yes, Aristide was supposed to be that dude for Haiti. But too bad the US and Canadians torpedoed his presidency the first time and then by the time he was restored in power years later he was pretty much their puppets himself as they forced him to do things their way.
I had high hopes for Jovenel but he's becoming a joke at this point. But I feel that anyone that's elected will just be another puppet regardless of political party they rep.
Martelly was always a joke to me. I was ashamed when they elected him. Tho I liked his PM . He spearhead a lot of programs for the people but eventually the opposition protested enough to get him removed. I had attended one of his meetings at Miami Dade college and he seemed like he had good intentions. Just could never support Martelly himself.
My bad my bad if this post reads kind of f***** up because posting it using voice to text since I can't talk right now and my accent tends to fukk things up with voice to text. I'll come back later and edit
