It was an absurd thing to say. Everybody know the place is corrupt and voodoo-ridden, we just don't talk about it in police society. We roll our eyes and head for Punta Cana.
What bugged me was the basic ignorance. Robertson said the Haitians overthrew French rule and Napoleon III before making their pact with the devil. Haitian independence occurred in 1804, and Napoleon III was born in 1808.
Calladita te ves más bonita -
Actually he meant Napoleon Bonaparte I which you could figure out pretty quickly. It is also common belief in Haitian history that the success of the revolution was assured by a voodoo ceremony at Bois-Caiman around 1791.
'Course people in police polite society never misspeak.