14657: Simidor Re:14642: Is Haiti being punished? (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Daniel Simidor <karioka9@mail.arczip.com>


>   "If some people don't want Haiti to promote economic growth,
it's always
>to point a finger at Haiti to say, 'Hey, don't do that, you see
they were
>the first black independent country in the world but they are so
poor today
>-- you better stay where you are instead of fighting for
freedom.' That's
>their goal." (Aristide, quoted by Michelle Faul, AP, 1/29)

Flying at night over Trinidad, Martinique and the Dominican
Republic, and then over Port-au-Prince, one cannot avoid the
thought that Haiti is indeed being punished.

A vol d'oiseau Fort-de-France est un joyau
Clignant de mille feux de joie.
Potoprens, podjab, fè nwa pase Bagdad.

Daniel Simidor