ROME. - Dominican president Leonel Fernandez today announced a plan to produce ethanol from sugar cane and reduce the dependency on fossil fuels by using biofuels, during his speech in the summit on food security of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which began yesterday in Rome.
"We will shortly execute a national plan of ethanol production through sugar cane, which is compatible with the strategy of food security, and meanwhile will reduce our dependency on fossil fuels," said Fernandez, who noted the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has affirmed that Dominican Republic’s favorable conditions in the short and mid term can make it “the Caribbean granary.”
Although the Dominican president said the current food crisis can become a "great opportunity for the national productive sector" and replace the imported farm products, he cautioned that the opportunity can fail, "from the protectionist policies and generalized subsidies to production and exports on the part of the developed countries.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
that is why you joined CAFTA is it not.....and CARICOM islands with few exceptions are rocks and sand bars that cant grow anything but backyard fruit trees.....Lets start exporting that produce
From: United States, Florida
bio fuel..... good idea but lets make sure that we are not replacing the land which grows our food products into land to produce bio fuels which in term will just worsen the food crisis..
what is needed it more investment on better transport systems.. look at switzerland,,, a great example of good tranportation systems.. and balance with the enviroment.
Written by: Belial, 4 Jun 2008 1:09 PM
From: United States, Texas
Unlike most of the other forty or so speakers who spoke today, the UN FAO's hasn't as yet published on FAO site, in any language, LF comments in Rome.
The DR Permanent Mission to the UN in NYC ditto.
The DR Embassy in DC has published a summary of the LF's comments in Rome in Spanish.
DT's article above suggests it wasn't all that bad.
But who knows until we get the official version which will pop out somewhere pretty soon.
[OK, the speech popped out of the FAO during the last five minutes.]
http://www.fao.org/foodclimate/conference/statements/day2-am/en/From: United States, Spring Valley, NY
Using food for fuel?......For some reason I think this is a bad idea
Written by: Belial, 4 Jun 2008 1:41 PM
From: United States, Texas
Rome, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura met the Head of State from the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernandez and Chinese Agricultural Minister Sun Zhengeai.
http://www.plenglish.com.mx/ooooooooooooooooooooooo
Meanwhile, the overweight or fat pro-imperialist president of Peru has come up with a typical bourgeois solution to the holocaust of world famine in developing countries and rising food prices in developed capitalist countries ... "You all should just abstain from eating. Don't buy food you can't afford."
"Lima, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) Peruvian President Alan Garcia advised the population to refrain from buying if prices of their basic food rise for the purpose of gaining respect by abstaining."
http://www.plenglish.com.mx/article.asp?ID={DE10AA57-D4BF-4F4E-A714-67885ED36351}&language=EN
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
who would believe anything from that rag
Written by: rom1804 
, 4 Jun 2008 2:28 PM
From: Zimbabwe
Oh! This time the Haitian workers will be UNIONIZED! (evil laugh: ahaahahahahahahahaha).
Written by: Belial, 4 Jun 2008 2:28 PM
From: United States, Texas
"Using food for fuel?......For some reason I think this is a bad idea."
0000
There are two good reasons why the policy is a bad idea.
First, if you live in a developed capitalist country, like the USA, the policy of using food for fuel means rising food prices. In time, this will result in lower wages because you will work for anything in order to eat and this will also result in a lower standard of living because nutrition along with health care, education, and housing are common indicators used to measure living standards.
Second, if you live, on the other hand, in a poor developing country, like most of Latin America and the Caribbean, this policy means increased mass starvation and wider international famine which are unpleasant to most people, except US reactionaries like the infamous GOPs, most of whom can look upon the plight of millions of people starving to death with exquisite indifference or with the most satisfying malice.
From: United States
Belial, let me get this straight....you woulnd't want to take care of your environment and u think using sugar canes will drive sugar prices up given a decrease in supply. Wow ! You capitalist reactionary ! LOLOLOL
Written by: rom1804 , 4 Jun 2008 3:30 PM
From: Zimbabwe
Don't forget about the Haitians.Now that you are not going to be able to used the Haitians like cattle's are the Dominicans willing and able to work in the sugar cane fields? NO. Because most Dominicans are LAZY and the Haitians will do it right this time. Cameras will be ready. Lights, Cameras, and ACTION.
Written by: Sajomero, 4 Jun 2008 3:43 PM
From: United States, Del primer Santiago de America....y el mejor!!!
People for the last time...Sugar Cane IS NOT FOOD!!! Sugar is a commodity which most of us could do away with or reduce considerably due to its detrimental effect on our systems. Producing Ethanol from the CEA lands does not have an impact on national food production..Lets not let all the politics get in the way of everything as is the norm here.
Written by: Lautaro, 4 Jun 2008 3:48 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
Oh, let me guess, as right as the mess you and your boss Mugabe did on Zimbabwe, rom1804? A country which went from being a First World country to being a Third World cesspool. If that's your plan for the DR, then you're right, we should really start to tremble. LOL ....what a nutter.
Written by: rom1804 , 4 Jun 2008 4:06 PM
From: Zimbabwe
Who's the better leader Mugabe or Liar-nel? I don't have anything with DR going Biodiesel I just don't want them "DR" to start getting richer off of my poor fellow Haitians. Like I said before I can't stop Haitians from crossing over the border looking for work but I sure can Unionized the Haitians in DR. DR's gov. next move would be to start targeting Haitians joining my Union but then again I already know what they are going to do so I'm well prepared.
If the DR think they are going to use cheap Haitian Labor on this project well they are WRONG like 2 men holding hands. oh! it's true. it's true.
Written by: Belial, 4 Jun 2008 4:08 PM
From: United States, Texas
"Belial, let me get this straight....you woulnd't want to take care of your environment and u think using sugar canes will drive sugar prices up given a decrease in supply. Wow ! You capitalist reactionary ! LOLOLOL"
oooo
Using NON-staple foods or non-food forms of bio-mass to make ethanol limits world famine and reduces inflationary pressure on food prices more than using staples to make ethanol because human nutrition relies more on food than non-food and relies more on staples than non-staples.
So, is sugar a staple? Let's find out.
Is sugar food? Yes, of course.
"Most staple foods derive either from cereals such as wheat, barley, rye, maize [corn], or rice, or starchy root vegetables such as potatoes, yams, taro, and cassava. Other staple foods include pulses (dried legumes), sago (derived from the pith of the sago palm tree), and fruits such as breadfruit and plantains."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staple_cropSo, sugar doesn't seem to be staple.
Written by: Lautaro, 4 Jun 2008 4:15 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
Well, the fact that the zimbabweans are fleeing from their country in droves speaks volumes about Mugabe's ineptitude, rom1804. So you'll excuse me if I stick to Lionel, thank you very much. Besides, Lionel doesn't pass his time blaming the First World countries for all of the DR's ailments, as your "leader" is doing right now on Zimbabwe's situation, when the fact is that the fault for the zimbabwean economy's current plight is sorely his, with his stupid expropiation program against that country's landlords, the only excuse for this act of bandittry being that those poor landlords were white, and his squandering of the zimbabwean state's funds by making armed forays into neighbouring countries.
Written by: Belial, 4 Jun 2008 4:18 PM
From: United States, Texas
"you woulnd't want to take care of your environment"
[whatever, if anything, that means]
oooo
Today, more than half of Brazilian fleet of cars on the streets are able to use 100% ethanol as fuel, which includes ethanol-only engines and flex-fuel engines. Flex-fuel engines in Brazil are able to work with all ethanol, all gasoline, or any mixture of both. Brazil supports this population of ethanol-burning automobiles with large national infrastructure that produces ethanol from domestically grown sugar cane. Sugar cane not only has a greater concentration of sucrose than corn (by about 30%), but is also much easier to extract. The bagasse generated by the process is not wasted, but is utilized in power plants as a surprisingly efficient fuel to produce electricity.
During more than a decade that these ethanol conditions existed in Brazil, the price of sugar in Brazil has tended to fall, not rise as you seem to presume, because of a worldwide glut and domestic abundance.
Written by: Belial, 4 Jun 2008 4:39 PM
From: United States, Texas
On the other side of the coin.
In Brazil the rate of deforestation is largely driven by commodity prices and world population growth. Recent development of a new variety of soybean has led to the displacement of beef ranches and farms of other crops, which, in turn, move farther into the forest. Certain areas such as the Atlantic Rainforest have been diminished to less than 10% of their original size and the Amazon Rainforest is awaiting the same fate at 600 fires daily. In 2008, Brazil's Government has announced a record rate of deforestation in the Amazon.
This obviously contributes, along with the use of fossil fuels, to global warming.
From: United States, Port Washington, LI (New York)
Room1804: instead of posting the "tiresome racist" song why don't You acknowledge the positive aid that our president is pledging for Your "Messed up" country.
You are nobody to post Your negative comments on this blog, specially if is good for our economy and once again let me remind You that the only reason that Your people are having a decent life right now is because of Dominican Republic.
"UNGRATEFUL"
Nobody is forcing Haitians to live in Dominican Republic, and If You don't like the conditions, borders are opent to return to Your "Hell" piece of land.
Written by: rom1804 , 4 Jun 2008 7:27 PM
From: Zimbabwe
And let me remind you Rubi that if it wasn't for Haiti and Cheap Haitian Labor your country would still be in the same mess that it was in 5 years ago.
WAIT A MINUTE! Your country is not so much better off than my country....
WAIT A MINUTE! You don't even have a country, last time I checked the whole island belongs to the Haitians. Starting Now I will only Refere to our country as " AYITI" I no longer recognize DR as a Country. That's it.
From: United States, Port Washington, LI (New York)
Room1804:
JE JE JE JE...........................Stop smoking and drinking
This is what crack me up about "Haitians" dreaming having What they don't own...........
Same go for You If Leonel Fernandez wouldn't be defending Your country and asking for aid You guys would be eating same "Dirt cookies"
Written by: TheTruth, 4 Jun 2008 7:48 PM
From: United States, Boston
Haiti blew it when they refused to submit to the Romans in the constitution where by Voo Doo would be outlawed. The thought of a nation is controlled by sin and feeling bad . How about stop having babies for 3 years on the Isalnd . Erosion is making the Island smaller by the day and Haiti and the DR are making more mouths to feed by the minute. Follow Reason and the truth will be seen.
No one wants to help people who do not know how to help themselves. I have been to both sides of the Island and you see how the Romans have chosen sides.Jesus is a story about humanity not about a savior. Save yourself.
From: United States
The ironic of this so called food crisis is that for many years I had said that the D.R. is an agricultural heaven that was ignored and more emphasis was given to tourism. In earlier comments I stated that in the beginning of the 60's an American Embasador in his reports to the U.S. President stated that D.R. was so rich in its agricultural resources that it was self-sufficient. After that D.R. politicians slowly began to ignored that resource and now they want to rvived it. The world in general is not facing a food crisis but rather a crisis in government irresponsibilities and neglets. There is food but do you have the money to buy it. One of the major problem in Haiti, for example, is that haitians are less caring towards their own kinds. There are a lot of Haitians in the U.S., enough for them to have created another class by sending dollars to their love ones as dominicans do and other latin americans. Their leaders are just as destructive as any other around the world.
From: United States, Port Washington, LI (New York)
The truth and Hector Vargas: very fullfilling and professional comments................
God Bless "Dominican Republic", Duarte, Sanchez y Mella............
We can't never destroy our constitution, values and foundation to please International community, Haitians and the rest of the planet.
From: United States, Port Washington, LI (New York)
Room1804:
Funny thing that You have to hide behing a "non existent place and personality", why "Zimbabwe"??
And why room1804???
Evertyhing is faked.....................................
You are a "100% Haitian" with a clear, offensive, negative, destructive and dumb agenda against Civilization and Dominicans.
Written by: rom1804 , 5 Jun 2008 12:42 AM
From: Zimbabwe
Rubi you are just mad because WE Haitians have conquered your side of the island without one shot fired. You are just mad because Haitians are taking control of DR economically. You are trying to hold on to a string of what used to be DR under the Trujillo-Balaguer era..You are not yet ready for AYITI, KISKEYA. TOO BAD. That's another good thing about Capitalism it doesn't care much about skin color baby or heritage. The Haitians have long await the merger of the two sides and DR is growing so fast it would only be a matter of time before Haiti is Annexed to DR and then we will eat you up from inside. Its inevitable.
From: Dominican Republic
Hey wait a second. Didn't the government recently announce that it was buying the shell refinery of which it already owns 50%? Mixed messages here...
From: United States, Port Washington, LI (New York)
room1804:
Keep dreaming "Creole boy"...................JE JE JE
You have conquered all miseries of this planet together: diseases, enviroment destruction and being the international lame duck on this side of the hemisphere.
Your country is always begging for something and destroying where You live
From: United States, Port Washington, LI (New York)
Room1804:
What are You trying to achieve with Your unrealistic comments???
It shows Your ignorance, lack of knowledge and disrespect to civilization.
Read latest news about our president asking for financial aid for Your "Hell" piece of country.
Why Your people get different treatment than Cubans when You get to Florida??
Why Mr Creole????
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
.the globasol biofuels project in Azua is now more interesting globasol is major investor in our new airline ....voila do the math .....now it flies .....and much cheaper....
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Written by: rom1804 , 5 Jun 2008 10:24 AM
From: Zimbabwe
lol As if lol Rubi does the Dominicans gets Star treatments when they come over to the USA on their paper boats?
Rubi I don't think you understand what I'm saying Let me put it for you in simpler therms.
The Republic of Haiti "IS" taking over the was not even suppose to be here in the first place the Dominican Republic.
The Republic of Haiti "IS" the dominant nation on the Island no matter how technologically advance or how far behind we are.
We "HR & DR" we can't not survive in the 21st century if we don't unify Hell we couldn't do it in the last century that's one of the reasons why our past Leaders have invaded the other side so many times. GET IT?
P.S. I don't think you want WAR. So let's just go along with the plan like we are doing and gradually the Haitians will take over your cities. TRUST ME RUBI BABY it's a good thing for both of our nation.
From: United States, Port Washington, LI (New York)
Room1804:
"Delussional creature"........................
How are you going to achieve this magic agenda of yours "WODOO"???
Written by: rom1804 , 5 Jun 2008 11:23 AM
From: Zimbabwe
Rubi the agenda is already in process and you are already feel the effect of it that's why you are here daily and crying and whining like a little baby every day about us Haitians taking over your little cubical of a country.
From: United States, Port Washington, LI (New York)
Room1804:
I have a better idea; what about stones, machetes and dirt cookies..............
You have very smart people....................RIGHT??
Written by: rom1804 , 5 Jun 2008 7:50 PM
From: Zimbabwe
What are you doing to stop the Haitians from taking over your precious island?
I hope you are not just sitting there and talking trash all day because Us the Haitians we are making moves daily we are moving every step closer to achieve total control of Hispaniola. What are you doing to prevent that Rubi?
See the thing is Rubi there is nothing you can do about it ruby NOTHING.NADA. RIEN. ANYEN.
oh! speaking of very smart people rubi have you noticed I wrote "Nothing" in four different languages. Yes Haitians are smarter than Dominicans that's another reason why we are able to take over your country. We have taking over your colleges your lower level jobs. Now with the tourism industry booming in DR we will take that over as well because we can communicate better with YOUR TOURISTS. We are not limited to speaking only one Language "SPANISH" like you people. lol Do you think Latin Americans comes to DR on vacation "NO" Europeans do and most European speaks French 'CHECKMATE"
Written by: rom1804 , 6 Jun 2008 12:06 AM
From: Zimbabwe
Bye Danny
From: Dominican Republic
Zimbabwe;
I agree with you, maybe you get the Haitian organized enough to stop crossing the dominican border illegally.
From: Dominican Republic
The sad part is that if Haitians do take over in a matter of a few year the Dominican part of the Island will become a deserted,Sad place like Haiti.
And then your people will be looking for just another place to destroy.
But before this happen, I'm certain that another TRUJILLO and defend it like before.
Written by: Tormenta, 24 Jun 2008 12:30 PM
From: United States
To Rom1804;
Anything you choose to say is opinion, which is your God-given right to express. But know this - God blesses the country that seeks Him. Not all, but the majority of the Dominicans are God fearing and caring of their families and others. This God honors and blesses, thus the lush and fertile land.
By the same token, not all, but most Haitians, do not seek God in their lives, but prefer black magic and voo-doo - something God condemns. Now see the Haitian lands - barren and sad. This in no opinion. All you have to do is see with your own eyes. Loving God with all our hearts and seeking to love and respect our fellow man - no matter what country they are from - is what will bring about peace and harmony in the hearts of your people and their land.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Z man if you make Rubi angry and he goes away you will have no one to play with....so be careful
Smaller
Bigger
Close Gallery
Facebook
Digg this
del.icio.us
Technorati
Yahoo
what is needed it more investment on better transport systems.. look at switzerland,,, a great example of good tranportation systems.. and balance with the enviroment.
The DR Permanent Mission to the UN in NYC ditto.
The DR Embassy in DC has published a summary of the LF's comments in Rome in Spanish.
DT's article above suggests it wasn't all that bad.
But who knows until we get the official version which will pop out somewhere pretty soon.
[OK, the speech popped out of the FAO during the last five minutes.]
http://www.fao.org/foodclimate/conference/statements/day2-am/en/
http://www.plenglish.com.mx/
ooooooooooooooooooooooo
Meanwhile, the overweight or fat pro-imperialist president of Peru has come up with a typical bourgeois solution to the holocaust of world famine in developing countries and rising food prices in developed capitalist countries ... "You all should just abstain from eating. Don't buy food you can't afford."
"Lima, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) Peruvian President Alan Garcia advised the population to refrain from buying if prices of their basic food rise for the purpose of gaining respect by abstaining."
http://www.plenglish.com.mx/article.asp?ID={DE10AA57-D4BF-4F4E-A714-67885ED36351}&language=EN
0000
There are two good reasons why the policy is a bad idea.
First, if you live in a developed capitalist country, like the USA, the policy of using food for fuel means rising food prices. In time, this will result in lower wages because you will work for anything in order to eat and this will also result in a lower standard of living because nutrition along with health care, education, and housing are common indicators used to measure living standards.
Second, if you live, on the other hand, in a poor developing country, like most of Latin America and the Caribbean, this policy means increased mass starvation and wider international famine which are unpleasant to most people, except US reactionaries like the infamous GOPs, most of whom can look upon the plight of millions of people starving to death with exquisite indifference or with the most satisfying malice.
If the DR think they are going to use cheap Haitian Labor on this project well they are WRONG like 2 men holding hands. oh! it's true. it's true.
oooo
Using NON-staple foods or non-food forms of bio-mass to make ethanol limits world famine and reduces inflationary pressure on food prices more than using staples to make ethanol because human nutrition relies more on food than non-food and relies more on staples than non-staples.
So, is sugar a staple? Let's find out.
Is sugar food? Yes, of course.
"Most staple foods derive either from cereals such as wheat, barley, rye, maize [corn], or rice, or starchy root vegetables such as potatoes, yams, taro, and cassava. Other staple foods include pulses (dried legumes), sago (derived from the pith of the sago palm tree), and fruits such as breadfruit and plantains."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staple_crop
So, sugar doesn't seem to be staple.
[whatever, if anything, that means]
oooo
Today, more than half of Brazilian fleet of cars on the streets are able to use 100% ethanol as fuel, which includes ethanol-only engines and flex-fuel engines. Flex-fuel engines in Brazil are able to work with all ethanol, all gasoline, or any mixture of both. Brazil supports this population of ethanol-burning automobiles with large national infrastructure that produces ethanol from domestically grown sugar cane. Sugar cane not only has a greater concentration of sucrose than corn (by about 30%), but is also much easier to extract. The bagasse generated by the process is not wasted, but is utilized in power plants as a surprisingly efficient fuel to produce electricity.
During more than a decade that these ethanol conditions existed in Brazil, the price of sugar in Brazil has tended to fall, not rise as you seem to presume, because of a worldwide glut and domestic abundance.
In Brazil the rate of deforestation is largely driven by commodity prices and world population growth. Recent development of a new variety of soybean has led to the displacement of beef ranches and farms of other crops, which, in turn, move farther into the forest. Certain areas such as the Atlantic Rainforest have been diminished to less than 10% of their original size and the Amazon Rainforest is awaiting the same fate at 600 fires daily. In 2008, Brazil's Government has announced a record rate of deforestation in the Amazon.
This obviously contributes, along with the use of fossil fuels, to global warming.
You are nobody to post Your negative comments on this blog, specially if is good for our economy and once again let me remind You that the only reason that Your people are having a decent life right now is because of Dominican Republic.
"UNGRATEFUL"
Nobody is forcing Haitians to live in Dominican Republic, and If You don't like the conditions, borders are opent to return to Your "Hell" piece of land.
WAIT A MINUTE! Your country is not so much better off than my country....
WAIT A MINUTE! You don't even have a country, last time I checked the whole island belongs to the Haitians. Starting Now I will only Refere to our country as " AYITI" I no longer recognize DR as a Country. That's it.
JE JE JE JE...........................Stop smoking and drinking
This is what crack me up about "Haitians" dreaming having What they don't own...........
Same go for You If Leonel Fernandez wouldn't be defending Your country and asking for aid You guys would be eating same "Dirt cookies"
No one wants to help people who do not know how to help themselves. I have been to both sides of the Island and you see how the Romans have chosen sides.Jesus is a story about humanity not about a savior. Save yourself.
God Bless "Dominican Republic", Duarte, Sanchez y Mella............
We can't never destroy our constitution, values and foundation to please International community, Haitians and the rest of the planet.
Funny thing that You have to hide behing a "non existent place and personality", why "Zimbabwe"??
And why room1804???
Evertyhing is faked.....................................
You are a "100% Haitian" with a clear, offensive, negative, destructive and dumb agenda against Civilization and Dominicans.
Keep dreaming "Creole boy"...................JE JE JE
You have conquered all miseries of this planet together: diseases, enviroment destruction and being the international lame duck on this side of the hemisphere.
Your country is always begging for something and destroying where You live
What are You trying to achieve with Your unrealistic comments???
It shows Your ignorance, lack of knowledge and disrespect to civilization.
Read latest news about our president asking for financial aid for Your "Hell" piece of country.
Why Your people get different treatment than Cubans when You get to Florida??
Why Mr Creole????
Rubi I don't think you understand what I'm saying Let me put it for you in simpler therms.
The Republic of Haiti "IS" taking over the was not even suppose to be here in the first place the Dominican Republic.
The Republic of Haiti "IS" the dominant nation on the Island no matter how technologically advance or how far behind we are.
We "HR & DR" we can't not survive in the 21st century if we don't unify Hell we couldn't do it in the last century that's one of the reasons why our past Leaders have invaded the other side so many times. GET IT?
P.S. I don't think you want WAR. So let's just go along with the plan like we are doing and gradually the Haitians will take over your cities. TRUST ME RUBI BABY it's a good thing for both of our nation.
"Delussional creature"........................
How are you going to achieve this magic agenda of yours "WODOO"???
I have a better idea; what about stones, machetes and dirt cookies..............
You have very smart people....................RIGHT??
I hope you are not just sitting there and talking trash all day because Us the Haitians we are making moves daily we are moving every step closer to achieve total control of Hispaniola. What are you doing to prevent that Rubi?
See the thing is Rubi there is nothing you can do about it ruby NOTHING.NADA. RIEN. ANYEN.
oh! speaking of very smart people rubi have you noticed I wrote "Nothing" in four different languages. Yes Haitians are smarter than Dominicans that's another reason why we are able to take over your country. We have taking over your colleges your lower level jobs. Now with the tourism industry booming in DR we will take that over as well because we can communicate better with YOUR TOURISTS. We are not limited to speaking only one Language "SPANISH" like you people. lol Do you think Latin Americans comes to DR on vacation "NO" Europeans do and most European speaks French 'CHECKMATE"
I agree with you, maybe you get the Haitian organized enough to stop crossing the dominican border illegally.
And then your people will be looking for just another place to destroy.
But before this happen, I'm certain that another TRUJILLO and defend it like before.
Anything you choose to say is opinion, which is your God-given right to express. But know this - God blesses the country that seeks Him. Not all, but the majority of the Dominicans are God fearing and caring of their families and others. This God honors and blesses, thus the lush and fertile land.
By the same token, not all, but most Haitians, do not seek God in their lives, but prefer black magic and voo-doo - something God condemns. Now see the Haitian lands - barren and sad. This in no opinion. All you have to do is see with your own eyes. Loving God with all our hearts and seeking to love and respect our fellow man - no matter what country they are from - is what will bring about peace and harmony in the hearts of your people and their land.