$(document).ready( function () { talk_rendercallback({"enabled":"0","islive":"0","eid":6422,"total":"4","discussion":[{"nm":"Gilles Rousseau","rs":"0","ms":""You won\'t, in the near term, reform the Haitian elite. They have been doing what they\'re doing, which is essentially stealing money in one way or another and benefiting from the corrupt state, for two centuries."\n- Can you prove this generalized statement with names? To show a couple of names is not proving anything. You just insulted and tarnish the reputation ALL the Haitian elite because of a TINY percentage that have stolen money. Proving that statement includes defining the "Haitian Elite" since you seem to know more then me the hundreds of social borderlands that make up the people of Haiti, and more specifically; the "Haitian Elite". I agree with all your other comments. \n","pt":"Apr  6, 2010 23:21"},{"nm":"Stereo","rs":"0","ms":"I just read the idea from Mark Danner on the top of this page, he seems to have not realized that in all thoses decades he mentioned, there has been a lot of foreigners who benefited from it, and it is still happening in 2010.I am not trying or wanting to blame anybody.,only saying the truth from a person who lived all is life in Haiti except for 4 years to  go to College in the US.\nHope that my comments will be published and be part of an International discution.\nApril 4 2010 hope you all had a Happy Easter\nApologies for my French","pt":"Apr  4, 2010 21:55"},{"nm":"William Zaffer","rs":"0","ms":"Whatever new economic road lies ahead should also include teaching people in poverty to have less children which keep them in the situation.  ","pt":"Mar 31, 2010 01:27"},{"nm":"Ana","rs":"0","ms":"This is going to be a long road to recovery, no doubt. After looking into Haitian soil conditions, I discovered that it\'s very poor; deforestation is also prevalent. Trees need to be planted. A sustainable soil can be created thereby. Fertilizer alone won\'t ensure productivity; the central valley in California is in trouble, and it has been fertilized and pesticided to abnormal levels. Furthermore, rice (much less wheat) alone does not meet dietary needs for a healthy population. Trees such as fruit and nut varieties can do well in the tropics, as are naturally grown elsewhere in the world, would become commercially viable. Spice bearing trees (pepper for one) would also eventually provide an export crop. \nWhat is currently heartbreaking, and inexplicable to me, is that the rainy season is upon them and those multitudes in shanty tents have not been removed to safer areas. One can only infer that a type of laissez fair genocide is intended by the world parties in power who profess to want to help. The world is watching and will take notice. ","pt":"Mar 30, 2010 21:54"}]}); });