Geography and bad luck are only partly to blame for Haiti’s tragedy. There are, plainly, more propitious places for a country and its capital city to find themselves than straddling the major fault line between the North American and Caribbean tectonic plates.
It’s more than unfortunate to be positioned plumb on the region’s principal hurricane track, meaning you would be hit, in the 2008 season alone, by a quartet of storms as deadly and destructive as Fay, Gustav, Hannah and Ike (between them, they killed 800 people, and devastated more than 70% of Haiti’s agricultural land). Wretched, also, to have fallen victim to calamitous flooding in 2002, 2003 (twice), 2006 and 2007.
But what has really left Haiti in such a state today, what makes the country a constant and heart-rending site of recurring catastrophe, is its history. In Haiti, the last five centuries have combined to produce a people so poor, an infrastructure so nonexistent and a state so hopelessly ineffectual that whatever natural disaster chooses to strike next, its impact on the population will be magnified many, many times over. Every single factor that international experts look for when trying to measure a nation’s vulnerability to natural disasters is, in Haiti, at the very top of the scale. Countries, when it comes to dealing with disaster, do not get worse.
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Yeah mouth of the south, that is deep.you see alot of us stuck in the education that they give us, and already we belive, but if we try to seek knowledge through our own investigations outside the box of the education system, then we get in problems.YOU make a lot of sense and that vedio of jaz. ?
The site you place does open my eyes on that illuminati thing, i heard about it already , n man , that a bitter pill for my people to swollow.
Is time we start to think that what is being said about Haiti, is how deep”” THEY”” the ILL==U spread it . LOOK at the big PICTURE people. Haiti was the frist BLACK COUNTRY in the western hemisphere to get Independance. What you think ?they would let that go so? can you see what is happening to BLACK NATIONS in AFRICA and around the world? Is who YOU ROLLING WITH.
DOMINICAN better take note,let’s open our eyes,don’t think it is not in my backyard,so i can say what i want,Don’t preach that fare factor and use GOD in there,GOD is GOOD ALLthe TIME.
We live on this earth, as such, anything is possible,REMEMBER what is Dominica.
a volcanic island..
BOY THE BIBLE REALLY SAY THAT THE THING YOU FEAR THE MOST THAT IS WHAT WILL COME UPON YOU. I FEEL SO SORRY FOR HAITI.
DAMN MOUTH OF THE SOUTH,,,, SAYING SOME DEEP STUFF DERE,,,, THAT JAY Z LINK IS SOMETHING ELSE,,,,,,,, THEM ENTERTAINERS REAL FAKE WITH THERE WAYS
Haiti like any other nation have its fair share of performance of the the sciene of Voodo. Looking back at what our brothers and sisters in haiti overcome they are a resiliant people and praying people and an exploited people. We know how to put our hands on the wheel and as long as we have hands we the decendants of slaves will keep this wheel turning.
@to thoughtful……….you are the righteous one. I guess since you have no sin you are the one casting the first stone.
Stay snug in your righteousness and sinlessness and be the judge.
I WILL SAY THIS ONCE AND ONLY ONCE ,HAITIANS ARE VERY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE …LOADS OF THE ARE CHRISTIANS BE IT CATHOLIC OR PROTESTANT ,BUT “ALL” OF THEM ARE VOODOO.THEY COME HERE AND GO TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY BUT I KNOW FROM FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF .I AM NOT WRITING WHAT I DON’T KNOW ABOUT …I SPEAK OF WHAT I KNOW
Balance and Tricia’s posts are absolutely ridiculous.
I spent two weeks in Haiti a few years ago and the Haitian people are as religious as any other people around the world. I remember before going on the trip people were warning me about all kinds of things I would see. The first night I actually stayed up late with my camcorder waiting to see the soucouyants (witches) flying over the mountains behind Port au Prince as i was told would happen. To this day I have seen nothing.
During my stay there, there were five Sunday masses at the Cathedral in Port au Prince and every single one was packed to capacity.
Yes, there is voodoo in Haiti, I actually visited a voodoo temple. To my utter surprise there were numerous statues of Catholic saints in the temple in addition to other kinds of statues and talisman. Sensing my apprehension in entering the voodoo priest told me his followers are small as the majority of Haitians are Christians and there was nothing to fear. The only thing was that I was prohibited to take pictures inside the temple, which was really a small shack in the middle of nowhere.
The whole voodoo thing was given notoriety by the Duvaliers who claim that their dreaded secret police the Toton Macoute was actually dead people brought back to life by voodoo. This was done to drive fear into the Haitian populace and combined with a plethora of local legends this thing has gained mythic status.
From my experience the presence of voodoo is no different from the presence of obeah in Dominica where people go to to that obeahman in … (I think he is a big fake) or the one in …..
We need to know what is going on before we judge the Haitian people.
for those that saying haiti is so evil,,,,, i want ya’ll to look closely to the u.s dollar bill n try to explain the signs that ya’ll see,,,, the eye over the pyramid,,, wat does it all mean,,,lol THEM STUFF OVER ALLU HEAD,,,, I SUGGEST YA’LL EDUCATE ALLU SELVES,,,, but i’ll give a lil info o,k,,,,,,, the u.s.a jus as most first world countries are run by the illuminati yes those tupac use to warn us about,,, but they killed him n put it on a fellow rapper ( n we all know the story),,, the freemasons,, , they run shit n affect our lives daily,,,, GOD the father of christ is banned in all schools n public domains but yet on the dollar bill has IN GOD WE TRUST my people who is the god they talking bout,,,, DOH FOOL UR SELF IS NOT THE ONE IN D BIBLE OKAY,,,,, when u enter new york wat first historic structure u see,,,, THE STATUE OF LIBERTY hhhhmmmm n wat does she have in her hand,,,,, the torch of course n a book,,,,BUT INTERESTINGLY SHE’S LOOKING NORTH EAST TOWARDS FRANCE LOL,,,,, WELL WELL IRONICALLY FRANCE HAVE THE EXACT SAME STATUE AND U GUESSED IT LOOKING TOWARDS NEW YORK,,,, WAT DOES IT ALL MEAN,,,, I CAN’T DISCUSS DAT DERE,,,, I LOVE MY LIFE,,,, BESIDES I’M AT HOME TYPING DAT,,,,,,THE I.D CAN BE TRACED,,,, but u get d whole idea,,,, the torch represents the light of darkness,,,,, yes a day is coming when the new world order will take over the world please don’t be surprised the bible warned us already,,,,, N ALLU LOVE RIHANNA HHHMMM I LOVE HER TOO WII,,,, BUT IN ‘RUN THIS TOWN’ VIDEO WITH JAY Z ,,,, SHE’S SHOWING THE SAME SIGN LIKE THE STATUE IN THE BEGINNING,,,, HOLDIN UP A TORCH N SAYIN SUCH CHORUS
Feel it comin’ in the air (THE NEW ORDER COMIN SOON)
and the screams from everywhere (PEOPLE SCREAMIN FOR HELP?? BUT WHY WOULD THEY!!!)
I’m addicted to the thrill
It’s a dangerous love affair (SHE KNOWS IT DANGEROUS BUT CAN’T DO WITHOUT IT)
Can’t be scared when it goes down (DAMN SUMTHING BAD BOUT TO HAPPEN,, BUT WAT??)
Got a problem, tell me now (SPEAK NOW CAUSE LATER WILL BE TO LATE)
Only thing that’s on my mind (SHE DON’T CARE WAT HAPPENS)
Is who’s gonna run this town tonight… (ITS ALL ABOUT WHO’S IN CONTROL)
Is who’s gonna run this town tonight…
We gonna run this town (WHO’S THE WE)
NOW I AINT JUS A GIMMICK I KNOW WAT I’M SAYIN,,,, I’M A FAN OF HIPHOP BUT MUSIC HAS BEEN A VEHICLE USED TO PUSH THE ILLUMINATI IDEALS MORE SO RAP,,,, N I RAP ALSO BUT THE TRUTH IS TRUTH BUT B4 U SAY OH I’M THIS N THAT,,,, JUS CHECK OUT THIS LINK OF MY BOY JAY Z http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=3073
THE VIDEO WHICH AIRED ON NEW YEARS DAY,,,LOL REAL SCARY TO THINK OF IT,,,, ON TO THE NEXT ONE
THERE’S ALOT OF STUFF GOIN DOWN,,, N HAITI’S JUS A LIL PUZZLE IN THE MIX SEEN,,,, THERE ALOT OF THINGS WE DONT UNDERSTAND,,,, I CAN’T OR WON’T GIVE OUT TOO MUCH BUT WE GOTTA THINK OURSELVES,,,, N REALISE THAT THERE’S SOME THINGS WE’LL NEVER COME TO GRASP WITH,,,,, BUT IF U WANNA GET EDUCATED THEN I SUGGEST U GET EDUCATED ON THINGS AMONG US!!!!!!
Balance and Tricia these are idiotic comments to make. When will ppl start to realize that Haiti is no more evil than the good ole USA or any other country. For the umpteenth time Haiti is 80% Catholic just like DA, JA, USA etc.
PPL ,Haiti IS NOT EVIL, Haiti is just more rooted to the African traditions than the rest of the islands, nothing more, it just happen to lie in the paths of most hurricanes and on a crack of the earth’s surface, “geographic bad luck,” nothing more, stop believing the hype. Why are we so blinded to our so called christian beliefs to call a country evil and believing in the devil.
Haiti problems was created by the West France and America. Voodoo is no different from christianity, it is all about sacrifice. Because the people are black and their religion from Africa does not mean they are praying or worshipping the devil. Stop beleiving the white lies.
they need to stop their eveilous wayys and het their lives together and help move their country forward….tooo much voodoo,, though its their tradition…
God is taking back his country slowly but surely,everybody had thier piece of pie even the devil was involved now its God’s turn.And its time he Haitian people stop dealing with the devil…God is watching over you guys.
I recommend that folks read the Farming of Bones, its a must read.
Poor taste of a headline for that story (not from DNO I might add), but very informative if you care to read the full story.
Any way,anyway that country suffer wee…….. i wonder what can be done to produce some drastic change?