Where
\n are the Haitian Bloggers"? <\/a>I nominate
\n Roy:<\/i><\/p>\nHaiti currently is nothing more than a gigantic slum,
\n a cesspool of misery and disease. I am Haitian and I recognize it, no
\n need to hide it or pretend anything else, we are only fooling ourself
\n by pretending otherwise. Images don’t lie. Others may choose to pretend
\n and overlook the facts, let me be extremely clear with all, I have lived
\n in haiti, I have lived in other countries and I have travelled the world,
\n Haiti is truly in bad shape. It is everything you see on TV and more:
\n endless and object poverty, misery and ignorance.We, as Haitians have
\n to realize that our so called leaders have failed us. Latortue, Aristide,
\n Preval, Avril, Cedras, Duvalier…etc they have all failed.why? because
\n of a winner takes all mentality that is still permeating every aspect
\n of Haitian society. Let us not blame others for what is truly our own
\n shortcomings. Haitian society is based on extreme raw survival at the
\n expense of your fellow men. Decency, honesty and respect are not found
\n in Haiti instead raw individualism, aggressivity, ignorance and selfisness
\n abound. Is there any solution? time and time again, when faced with great
\n dangers,human resiliency usually prevails. It will take a new breed of
\n Haitian leaders to turn Haiti around. Haiti needs right now a Martin
\n Luther King, a JFK and a Churchill mixed into one. Haiti needs a leader
\n with vision who truly loves his country, a leader who will put the welfare
\n of the island above any other agenda. We do not need a messianic figure
\n or a strong man, Haiti needs a leader with vision and with a plan. But
\n only when we as Haitians shock ourself silly then such leader will emerge.
\n It takes sometimes catastrophic event for good people to emerge and I’m
\n positive it is where we are headed but for now on, please let us not
\n pretend to overlook the obvious: Haiti is a socioeconomic basket case.
\n It is up to us to change this situation. The ball has been in our court
\n for quite some time now…almost 200 yrs. Roy<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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