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...situation in Haiti is sad but predictable. Like many other Carribean basin countries, Haiti's economy has not changed in a decade and a half; Haitian farmers grow thousands of acres of sugarcane for which there is no market in either Europe or the United States. Moreover, when Reagan's Carribean Basin Initiative failed to stimulate growth and create new markets in the mid-1980s, Haiti's faltering economy crumbled. With the collapse, poverty, disease and hunger wracked the population, and misery became the easiest thing to find in the country...
Likewise, the political situation shows even less deviation from the Carribean norm. Throughout the 20th century, the area has been volatile, with regular cup d'etats infrequently interrupted by fair elections. Since 1986, coups and countercoups have rocked Haiti, culminating in the September 1991 ouster of firebrand President Jean-Bertrand Aristide by a military junta...
...trying to get people together," he says in a heavy Carribean accent. "Wake up! Let's get together. Do not blame people, let's move...
...Codrington '95, co-chair of the Carribean Club, said he appreciated Reeves' taking the time to speak to a small group of students. Though he is not currently involved in the political process, "I might volunteer after this meeting...
...reception, in Winthrop's junior common room, was hosted by the Carribean Club, the Black Students Association, and the Association of Black Radcliffe Women...