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The shocking assassination of Haiti’s president means U.S. must get off the sidelines and act | Editorial
THE MIAMI HERALD ^ | BY THE MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD

Posted on 07/07/2021 3:42:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Moïse’s death and the lack of a functioning government also serves as a clear cut signal that the U.S. must play a greater role in Haiti’s future, starting right now.

It’s clear that Haiti will need both immediate and longer-term guidance to move forward in a democratic way. This is a country that started out with weak institutions, and they’re now virtually non-existent. The U.S., as Haiti’s biggest donor, has no choice but to take the lead — with international partners and, importantly, Haiti’s own civil society — to stabilize Haiti.

An international coalition could do immense good very quickly by picking five critical things to focus on so that basic life in Haiti can continue: good roads, reliable electricity, clean water, policing that works and COVID vaccines...

U.S. must also drop the idea of elections in two months. The Biden administration had pinned its hopes on “free and fair” elections, refusing to take into consideration the amount of turmoil in Haiti was going to make that very hard time to pull off.

Transition governments have worked in the past. That’s the best path forward now. Elections must be reset for a date that allows Haiti time to get its footing. Rushing into an election now will only result in more chaos — and an electorate that doesn’t believe in the results.

(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...


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1 posted on 07/07/2021 3:42:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Expect a flood of Haitian refugees to hit Florida just in time to vote against DeSantis in 2022.


2 posted on 07/07/2021 3:43:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

The Clintons like Haiti, send them there.


3 posted on 07/07/2021 3:44:15 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcaLuxembourgsm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: BenLurkin

Send all the Haitians in the US home to their country, arm them. Let them solve their own problems.


4 posted on 07/07/2021 3:44:39 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: BenLurkin

The clarion call for a neo-Con/Demoscum foreign war...


5 posted on 07/07/2021 3:44:45 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: BenLurkin

The Miami Herald Board should be drafted and sent first.


6 posted on 07/07/2021 3:44:48 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: BenLurkin
U.S. must play a greater role in Haiti’s future, starting right now.

Or, you could just let them work it out themselves.

7 posted on 07/07/2021 3:44:57 PM PDT by marron
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To: BenLurkin

I thought Haiti was a sovereign nation. Why is any of this our business?


8 posted on 07/07/2021 3:45:21 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: SaxxonWoods

This article sounds like white supremacy to me—telling the black natives what they should do...

but maybe I am oversensitive. ;-)


9 posted on 07/07/2021 3:45:47 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: BenLurkin

The Pudding Man says he agrees but what are we talking about?


10 posted on 07/07/2021 3:46:01 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: BenLurkin
The Biden administration had pinned its hopes on “free and fair” elections

Oh, THE IRONY!!!

11 posted on 07/07/2021 3:46:04 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: BenLurkin

Could care less about Haiti.. got more than enough problems here that can’t be handled.


12 posted on 07/07/2021 3:46:23 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: BenLurkin

What would the illegitimate Biden regime know about ‘democracy’? Nothing, they obviously don’t even believe in it.


13 posted on 07/07/2021 3:46:56 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: BenLurkin

Haiti was the first “Black Liberated” country.

By all PC logic they should be building Faster than Light Starships by now!


14 posted on 07/07/2021 3:47:18 PM PDT by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: BenLurkin
a clear cut signal that the U.S. must play a greater role in Haiti’s future, starting right now

It's a clear-cut signal to blockade the place and evacuate all Americans willing to leave.

Playing a greater role in "Haiti's future" (as if) is not our job.

15 posted on 07/07/2021 3:47:26 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice)
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To: BenLurkin

Actually the ONLY action that should be taken is to completely eliminate the ability of ALL Haitians to come to the US.

Disgusting, dirty and vile people.

Live in a tropical paradise. The Dominican Republic has tourism out the whazoo, reaping all sorts of money from tourists, while the Haitians can’t even wipe their own a$$es.

By the way, how many Haitians have pushed to find out what the Clinton’s did with all their money.

Of was their, now deceased PM asking too many questions?


16 posted on 07/07/2021 3:47:41 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: marron

Next thing you know, China will be squeezing its fat ass into Haiti.


17 posted on 07/07/2021 3:48:01 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: BenLurkin
Re: the U.S. must play a greater role in Haiti's future, starting right now.

LOL!

In exchange, Haiti will give us 1 million new Democrat voters.

18 posted on 07/07/2021 3:48:16 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: BenLurkin

White Supremacy, nation building, world’s policeman??? What happened to those buzzwords?


19 posted on 07/07/2021 3:48:28 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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