27244: Morse (rambling) Life in Port-au-Prince/ White Collar Gangs (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

Richard Morse


Ben Fox of AP recently described Presidential candidate Rene Preval as a
<one-time ally of the ousted president>. Though I have no tangible  evidence, I

believe that to be an accurate description of the relationship  between Preval
and A....

I recently saw Andy Apaid, Micha Gaillard and one of the Boulos  brothers
making political declarations on TV, trying to blame Cite Soleil  for all of
Haiti's ills. They then tried to tie Mr Preval to Cite Soleil hence  trying to
make Mr Preval responsible for Haiti's ills. Life on the campaign  trail.

Apaid never mentions cronyism or corruption when referring to this
transition government. If it was A's government he would have been on TV  every
day
denouncing everything he saw. He's just taking care of his own  affairs. He
wants
to be a king maker and breaker. He also likes sweet back room  deals.

Wyclef Jean, Hip Hop star and big fan of Konpa lightweights T-Vice, while
being interviewed on the radio, asked the residents of Belair and Cite Soleil
to

 stop the kidnappings over the weekend so he could show his guests Brad and
Angelina a good time.

Wyclef seems to be becoming a pawn of the Mulatto elite being politically
represented by Baker, Boulos, Gaillard and Apaid. That's what happens when you

like raising money in Haiti. You become a pawn.

My sources tell me that the police along with <folks in Petionville>  are
just as responsible for kidnappings as folks in Cite Soleil.

The light skinned elite want an all out military attack on  Cite Soleil
before the elections, probably to reduce the number of  voters.

I'm not defending the gangs in Cite Soleil, all I'm saying is that there  are
gangs in Petionville. White Collar gangs, you might call them.

Ironically, Petionville and Cite Soleil are the most dangerous areas in
Haiti right now. As Durban would say: the extreme right and the extreme left
coming together at the bottom of the circle.

The Brazilians have it right once again: If the international community
isn't going to invest in the economy of Haiti and in the infrastructure of
Haiti,
then we're all wasting our time with these elections. No jobs, no peace,  no
democracy. At least some one is saying what everyone knows.....


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