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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 972.94073 EAN: 9781567513448 Edition: 3 ISBN: 1567513441 Label: Common Courage Press Manufacturer: Common Courage Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 475 Publication Date: April 01, 2005 Publisher: Common Courage Press Studio: Common Courage Press Related Items:
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 Rating:  - not a black and white situationI am a Haitian, lived in Haiti until I came to the States at 28. I went back to visit the graves of my ancestors a few months before the departure of the monster Aristide. Aristide's regime and Duvalier's years in power did that poor country in. I had great hopes when Aristide came to power and felt that he was going to change things for the better. Most Haitians welcomed him with open arms. He was a former priest who had suffered persecution under Duvalier and Haitians, dark and light skinned, poor ... Read More Rating: - Haiti used for sex tourismReaders of this book may also be interested in a fictional account of sex tourism in Haiti. It's entitled Naked in Haiti: A sexy morality tale about tourists, prostitutes & politicians. Rating:  - Paul Farmer's HaitiAnother one of Dr. Paul Farmer's great insights and works regarding what really goes on in our world's history and in life today. He gives great detail and record of events that we as humans should not ignore, comma! Rating: - the greatest book on Haiti's recent historyDr Paul Farmer wrote a passionate and well researched book. His work in Haiti is remarkable and his courage talking against the coup makes him for ever a friend of Haiti. Rating: - Wake up America!The content, in the beginning, was difficult for a non political/history reader....but before long I was locked in and was amazed...appalled...at the role of our government in keeping the Haitian people in 'slavery' while claiming to support democracy. Life is a political game to which I have closed my eyes for too long! I am ashamed of the underhanded political dealings my government has been part of in keeping the poor people of Haiti prisoners of the elite and military powers of their own country....Paul ... Read More 
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