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jade3000

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Thu Jul 26, 2012, 12:04 AM Jul 2012

Thoughts on Haiti's president imprisoning opposition

“This is How Duvalier Started”: Critics of Haitian President Imprisoned
http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/%E2%80%9C-how-duvalier-started%E2%80%9D-critics-haitian-president-imprisoned
by Meena Jagannath and Fran Quigley

Although the reviled United Nations occupation force remains the main muscle in Haiti, the farcically elected president, Michel Martelly, is a dictator-in-waiting. “Sweet Micky,” as he is known, is a fan of Papa and Baby “Doc” Duvalier, the father and son despots who slaughtered tens of thousands. “Martelly argued that Duvalier should receive amnesty for decades of human rights violations, including arresting, torturing, and killing political opponents in a notorious three-prison ‘Triangle of Death.’”


This sounds bad. I need to follow the situation there more closely.
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Thoughts on Haiti's president imprisoning opposition (Original Post) jade3000 Jul 2012 OP
I think the U.N. should take over Haiti...run it and stablize it for 10+ years, then have elections. demosincebirth Jul 2012 #1
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demosincebirth

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1. I think the U.N. should take over Haiti...run it and stablize it for 10+ years, then have elections.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 12:52 AM
Jul 2012

Those people have suffered enough!

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