_oloffsonram@aol.com_ (mailto:oloffsonram@aol.com)
Dear Mr Kondrat,
I've spoken, in the last couple of years, to a lot
of people working in
Washington and, unless they're putting on a good
show, or just outright lying
to
me, I don't get a negative sense about Preval's
presidency. I could be wrong.
I could be right, only time will tell.
One thing I can say is that they've worked with him
before so at least they
know him to a certain extent. When I did mention
that I thought Mr Preval
would win the election, I don't believe he was even
a candidate yet.
I believe people in Washington would welcome a bit
of stability here in
Haiti, and I also don't believe the Mr Preval likes
to create antagonism
between
the different sectors of society. I think that's
going to be very important
in the near future.
I don't get the feeling that Mr Preval is out to
become the richest man in
this part of the hemisphere.... So perhaps, if there
is any aid, it will be
aid well spent.
As Latin America creates it's own democratic
culture, I'm sure Washington
will begin to understand that the poor and peasant
classes, in many of these
countries, have the largest representation, in terms
of numbers. Hopefully
these voters will wisely choose their leaders and
hopefully they'll have solid
constitutions to guide them.