8106: Re: 8079: Re: 8073: Avril and the Democratic Convergence (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Amy Wilentz <amywile@panix.com>

It's very disturbing to me to see Prosper Avril, a truly devious and
antidemocratic militarist, being called "former president" as if he'd
been elected to office by the Haitian people. That's a gross distortion
of history.

Equally painful is to see Jean-Claude Bajeux, a champion of human rights
and victim of Duvalierism, being quoted as if he opposed Avril's arrest.
Politics is confusing, and perhaps creates strange coalitions, but this
one is too outlandish.

Amy Wilentz