Thursday, January 13, 2011

Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis, the new Haitian prime minister

Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis, the new Haitian prime minister, is having some trouble getting ratified

by parliament — and the Haitian Constitution is no help in pointing the way to a resolution. It’s

about time Haiti had a female kleptocrat — it’s quite progressive. No but seriously, Ms. Pierre-Louis

seems a lot better than former president Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who hoodwinked the significant

and comparatively wealthy Florida Haitian community into rooting for him, only to pull off the angelic

democrat mask and reveal his true diabolic dictator face. He’s now in exile in Central African

Republic, one of the only places on earth worse than Haiti. Pierre-Louis split with Aristide’s party

seemingly over its promotion of mob violence. Not a fan of the Père Lebrun, I guess.

Here’s to hoping Haiti, that could-be Caribbean paradise, can finally liberalize and knock it off with

the mud-eating crap already. Communist Cuba has a better standard of living, to give you an idea of how

wretched Haiti is.

UPDATE: I have picked the wrong blog for flippance. I don’t have the time or inclination to debate

with most of the offended commenters, mostly because I actually agree with most of you. I was not

placing all the blame on the Haitian people for the centuries of political tragedy that continue to

befall them, just making silly observations in poor taste. I simply wish to apologize for any

misunderstandings and hurt feelings and promise to be more serious and substantive in my future

contributions here.

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