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| 2003-01-23 |
| After a dozen deaths, waves of strikes and a general strike expected Friday in Haiti against the American-installed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, all that the poor island needs is a return to the really bad old days. But it could be coming. Exiled dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier (son of the infamous Papa Doc) has announced his "firm intention to return as soon as conditions allow" to the hapless country that he fled 17 years ago. Haiti can hardly wait. Better let the Coast Guard know, I see a increase in boat traffic coming. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 Did thay ever find Papa Doc's corpse? Having it dissappear that way have pretty much everybody the creeping heebie-jeebies... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-01-23 16:02:15 |
| #3 I always find it (sadly) amusing that Haiti is such a backward, horrible nation while the eastern half of the same island - the Dominican Republic - is light years ahead of it's western neighbor! It really goes to show the difference a function government has over a greedy and incompetant dictatorship. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2003-01-23 15:57:34 |
| #2 Let the French handle Haiti. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-01-23 15:26:19 |
| #1 In Haiti, what difference does it make who's in charge? I mean has it turned into some Carribean paradise with Aristide in charge? Hate to say it, but some people just get what they deserve... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-01-23 15:00:29 |