23519: Kathleen: This says it all. Fw: Flash @ InterVision2000 ::: Recently Aristide abused the country and robbed the population of its energies (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Kathleen <kathleenmb@adelphia.net>

The article on corrupt countries on www.haiti-info.com indicates that MAYBE
there might be some fault among Haitians themselves.  k

From: "Frederick James Pattemor" <fredj@sympatico.ca>
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> > The Haitian prelates explained in their document: "All this is, perhaps,
a
> > consequence of the dictatorships that for decades have pressured this
> > country. François Duvalier ('Papa Doc'), Jean Claude Duvalier ('Baby
Doc')
> > and recently Aristide abused the country and robbed the population of
its
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> > Haitian Bishops Suggest Keys to Address Country's Future
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> > PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, OCT. 12, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Building a society of
> > peace and love in Haiti requires an "assembly of the people" that
includes
> > all social classes and professional categories, the nation's bishops
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> > The episcopal conference's position is reflected in the final document
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> > their recent plenary assembly, published under the title "To Journey
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> > the People."
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> > Haitian citizens "have lost confidence" in themselves because "of the
> > lies,
> > exploitation and corruption" they have endured, the prelates say.
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> > This context "has contributed to create a particular mentality that
seeks
> > immediate profit, characterized by individualism, physical and verbal
> > aggressiveness, and marked by fear," they assert.
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> > The bishops attribute Haiti's chronic underdevelopment to the
> > "socioeconomic backwardness registered in the country during its whole
> > history," and to the political instability, intolerance and antagonism
of
> > social classes and parties.
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> > This has caused "the interference of foreign political forces, putting
the
> > population under the protection of direct military occupation or
> > interventions said to be of mediation and maintenance of the peace," the
> > bishops point out in their document, quoted by the Missionary Service
News
> > Agency.
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> > The Haitian episcopate says that the provisional Electoral Council
should
> > organize new elections, planned for 2005, "without being influenced by
> > internal or external pressures."
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> > Among the proposals addressed to the authorities, the bishops'
conference
> > asks that state accounts be made public, that the central bank be
> > independent of the government, that agricultural production be
subsidized,
> > and that effective measures be adopted to fight against the "grave
plague"
> > of insecurity.
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> > Returning from a visit to Haiti in June, Archbishop Paul Cordes,
president
> > of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" which administers the Pope's
> > charities, told ZENIT that he had seen "greater poverty than in many
> > countries of Africa."
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> > The Haitian prelates explained in their document: "All this is, perhaps,
a
> > consequence of the dictatorships that for decades have pressured this
> > country. François Duvalier ('Papa Doc'), Jean Claude Duvalier ('Baby
Doc')
> > and recently Aristide abused the country and robbed the population of
its
> > energies."
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> > Three-quarters of Haiti's 8.1 million people live in abject poverty. The
> > nation, a former French colony, has endured some 30 coups d'état in two
> > centuries of independence.
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> > On Feb. 29, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide went into exile in the
> > Central
> > African Republic after an uprising. Boniface Alexandre has been the
> > provisional president. Gerard Latortue has been interim prime minister
> > since March 12.
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> > Haitian Bishops Suggest Keys to Address Country's Future
> > http://www.catholic.org/cathcom/international_story.php?id=10556
> > http://www.catholic.org/printer_friendly.php?id=10556&section=Cathcom
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