the last time Haiti was prosperous (More than present) was when Papa Doc was the President or whatever they called him.
However the world has intervened and Haiti today is the result..... WTF anyway.
Just had to say it!!
Russell
You have never studied Haitian history. :tired: Papa Doc completely destroyed Haiti. Whatever prosperity Haiti had left in the 1950s, Papa Doc destroyed.
Trying to blame outsiders on Haiti's misrule is wrong. The French left 214 years ago. If it makes a fringe group of people feel good to blame the French, the Dominicans, and Monsanto for all of Haiti's ills, so be it. But this will do nothing to remedy Haiti's situation. Perhaps it's already too late.
Just had to say it.
Serious question: how can Haiti be fixed and elevated to developping nation status? Or even elevated to Third World status?You have never studied Haitian history. :tired: Papa Doc completely destroyed Haiti. Whatever prosperity Haiti had left in the 1950s, Papa Doc destroyed.
Trying to blame outsiders on Haiti's misrule is wrong. The French left 214 years ago. If it makes a fringe group of people feel good to blame the French, the Dominicans, and Monsanto for all of Haiti's ills, so be it. But this will do nothing to remedy Haiti's situation. Perhaps it's already too late.
Just had to say it.
Serious question: how can Haiti be fixed and elevated to developping nation status? Or even elevated to Third World status?
What is the fundamental, underlying flaw of Haiti?
First thing to make it happend is that they really want it, but unfortunately they dont want.
I agree.
The 'Haitian mentality' is the problem.
When I speak of Haiti, I speak as a friend. But a true friend speaks honestly. And many Haitians agree with the criticism.
What can be done? Sigh. Riva is right. Until the general attitude changes, nothing can be done.
I think the UN occupation was Haiti's last chance.
With the population continuing to explode, I think the tipping point was reached decades ago. When people say how Haiti could still feed itself in 1984, they don't seem to realize that the population has almost doubled since.
6,240,329 people in 1984
11,112,945 people in 2018
Overpopulation in Northern Asian countries can be managed effectively. Overpopulation in Haiti cannot.
Why is the DR a relatively modern country, and Haiti is not? Why does the DR have a modern French subway system, and Haiti does not? Why does the Dominican Republic continue to move forward, and Haiti continue somersaulting backwards?
I wrote a rather lengthy analysis of Haitian and Dominican development and the historical differences, but I decided to save it shelve it for now. I don't want to derail this thread. I will post it later if the opportunity arises.
Long story short: The Haitian mentality.
For the record, the DR doesn’t have a ‘French’ metro. If anything it’s Spanish. The stations for the most part look like the ones in Madrid’s metro and the trains as the same exact ones in Barcelona’s metro. Plus authorities from the Metro de Madrid offered plenty of technical help and supervised the construction of Santo Domingo’s Metro.
The trains were buit in France (I think), but...
For the record, the DR doesn’t have a ‘French’ metro. If anything it’s Spanish. The stations for the most part look like the ones in Madrid’s metro and the trains as the same exact ones in Barcelona’s metro. Plus authorities from the Metro de Madrid offered plenty of technical help and supervised the construction of Santo Domingo’s Metro.
The trains were buit in France (I think), but...
FYI - Mexico City Metro includes French advice and trains, especially the unique rubber-tire