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Latin America

Darwins_Retriever

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2. Haiti has never been stable

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2024, 12:17 PM

Mar 2024

The most stable period was during the rule of Poppa Doc Duvalier. It has always been dominated by gangs. I'm actually surprised that the US still thinks a democratic government can work there. Instead they should install a dictator to squash the gangs, bring back the Tonton Macoute.

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How US "Foreign Aid" Has Helped Destabilize Haiti [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 2024 OP

+1000! History we don't get in our history books. History the papers don't reference when they publish sensational ... marble falls Mar 2024 #1

Haiti has never been stable Darwins_Retriever Mar 2024 #2

What an unexpected thought, bringing back the fascist death squad Tontons Macoutes.The suffering poor needs more terror? Judi Lynn Mar 2024 #3

Clearly US Americans have learned absolutely nothing, usually, about US historical actions regarding nearly everything Judi Lynn Mar 2024 #4