Why is it that the other half of the same island (Dominican Republic) doesn’t go hungry ?
Why is it that the Dominicans can actually farm enough to feed their families ?
Maybe because they actually farm instead of sitting around waiting for others to feed them .
Maybe because instead of stripping the land bare they actually plant stuff back into the ground .... what a concept
People should not be going hungry on a warm tropical island that is surrounded by waters teaming with fish . People should not be going hungry on an island that has weather nice enough to farm year round .Oh but that would actually take some work and it would actually take electing leaders that don’t get rich keeping you down .
Or learn how to play baseball.
According to Haitian friends, there is no way to make a surplus and gain a little prosperity for yourself and others. If you plant fruit trees, they will be cut down young for firewood. If you have a goat for milk, someone will kill it. If you open a little shop, a gang will come in at night and take the shelves of the wall.
Gangs and voodoo priests take, take, take. You can’t defend what you have unless you have your own gang, so better to have close to nothing like your neighbors. The only way to get rich in Haiti is to wait until the government is overthrown and then ride up on the coattails of the new government.
The Haitians are crossing over into the DR enough to noticeably soil paradise. They set up road side stands to sell fruit or wares and dumps their trash right there in the street. The government won’t stop them and the trash is building up in Santo Domingo and other areas.
The DR has had their socialist experiments from time to time. They are never completely free of the socialist infection. These elements in the government wont take the proper action to beat back the invasion and discourage border crossings. Sound familiar?
“People should not be going hungry on a warm tropical island that is surrounded by waters teaming with fish . People should not be going hungry on an island that has weather nice enough to farm year round .”
Because of the extreme drought Haiti suffered last year, the outbreak of cholera, and the constant threat of malaria, this is not a tropical paradise.
Everything cost much more than in the US (sometimes double). Last summer many villages in the area where my friend works had no crops, because of the lack of rain. People were starving to death. The village I am familiar with currently has very little water in their cisterns. They are constantly praying for rain.
Our “poor” in the US are very wealthy compared with those living in most of the world.
Most schools are pay as you go. There are very few free schools on the island. There are 14 and 15 year olds in the 4th grade at their school. At least these are trying to improve themselves, unlike many in the US who view schools as nothing more than baby sitting services, and never even try to get an education.