22730: Ian, Privatization (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Ian Maley <im0638a@american.edu>

Hey,

I've heard many things from all different political alignments and
positions concerning privatization after Aristide regained office in 1999.
Admittedly, I'm fairly young in my research, but all of the reading I've
done talks extensively about Aristide's strict opposition to privatization
of the Haitian state, yet reports from respectable publications, that are
usually pretty on target (ie, International Socialist Review), seem to
suggest he began to waver from such convictions after 1999.  Is there
factual basis for this accusation and if so what did he privatize? To what
extent? Why such a dramatic change from his far more realistic
popular-minded programs that so marked his rise to power?

Thanks!

Peace,
Ian M.
Pittsburgh