Santo Domingo.- The return of ex president Jean Bertrand Aristide to Haiti today, as reported by AFP, may mark the resumption of the distrust which marked his Administration’s relations with the par of its Hispaniola neighbor, Dominican Republic, during his term in office.
Aristide, who ended seven years of exile in South Africa, arrived 9:19 a.m. local time aboard a plane provided by that nation’s Government, accompanied by his wife, two daughters and U.S. actor Danny Glover amid shouts of joy from a throng of hundreds gathered to receive him in the Port-au-Prince’s international airport.
The former Catholic priest had spent several years in a Dominican seminary and ushered out of his country by the U.S. during a 2004 uprising, but he’s still enormously popular in his troubled Caribbean nation.
United States president Barack Obama had tried to keep the former Head of State away from his country until after Sunday’s presidential elections, on fears that the controversial the ex chief executive would destabilize the process.
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
He should have stayed in South Africa.
As a matter of fact, he should have been extradited to the US, for having turned Haiti into the major drug trans-shipment point it has become. Only the US doesn't extradite ex-heads of state, to the exception of Manuel Noriega. Only, Noriega did a no-no thing. He Bucked with the Fush. So did Saddam..
Anyway, his reign was characterized by total incompetence, political assasinations, major unrest and economic chaos. Minustah was formed to take over the country on account of the mess he had created.
This man is bad news. He still can do a lot of damage.
Written by: telemeco, 18 Mar 2011 12:20 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Monte Plata
Why now, can he just wait til someone got elected than show his face
From: Dominican Republic, Dominican Republic
Haiti will not find stability until it has a leader who has credibility with the large majority of poor Haitians, not just the Haitian elite, the US and the "international community." Aristide had many flaws but at least he was trying to govern for the majority of Haitians, which brought him into conflict with the US and the Haitian elite, which do not have a commitment to changing the status quo.
From: United States
Carpintero
to whole show is to bring people together. We already had a major catastrophy and now bring all the parties together to rebuild the country.
I want to see what comes next.
From: United States, words of wisdom from the nutcracker
okay what is actor danny glober doing cheering for the return of aristide ? is he haitian in anyway.
Written by: danny00, 18 Mar 2011 12:51 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
danny glover the new al sharpton. seen him on t.v and not the movie die hard with bruce willis...iam speaking about.. hes involved with the so-called civil rights of blacks, hes very upset with the police in miami having to kill in shoot-outs with the police. what he said was defence -less young black men., so what if they had a couple of a.k.47 's with them shooting at the police.
barack obama had tried to keep the former head of state away from his country
president obama was on t.v. speaking about this he was trying to keep the former head of state away from haiti until at least the elections where finish.
i dont believe this was some kind of showmanship on this presidents be-half
most americans dont even know who jean bertrand aristide is.
Written by: Atabey, 18 Mar 2011 1:24 PM
From: United States, NYC
Another clown joins the festivities in Haiti.
"Written by: telemeco, 18 Mar 2011 12:20 PM
From: United States, Paterson, New Jersey
Why now, can he just wait til someone got elected than show his face"
He wants to negotiate his cut BEFORE the elections. Secure his cut.
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
The funniest part: they're chanting the créole equivalent of "llegó Papá". Papá Aristide.
God have mercy.
Written by: BASTA, 18 Mar 2011 1:27 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
most americans dont even know who jean bertrand aristide is.= Is he not a man of god sorry VooDoo same crap.
Written by: danny00, 18 Mar 2011 1:38 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
yes i did throw up when i head this story, and did sleep with my lights on that night..
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
@Danny
Can't be worse than mud cookies..
Written by: Yucahu, 18 Mar 2011 2:17 PM
From: United States, Miami
Ay why we gotta have these pendejos next door. We already got enough with our own pendejos to deal with and now Titi is gonna wanna burn some more mulatos with some tires.
Written by: Yucahu, 18 Mar 2011 2:18 PM
From: United States, Miami
I remember working with this Haitian lady who said she had to leave Haiti because she was a lightskinned mulatta and they wanted to burn her to death. HAHAHAHA, whose racist now??? Esto maldito Haitiano si joden....
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
This guy means nothing to D.R,; I don't know the big fuss about him.
From: United States
Danny Glover was also said to be playing Toussaint in a movie, but I haven't heard much about it since.
From: United States
Haiti is a country with no sense in existing.....why not could a wall or some kind of barrier and cut them off from the rest if the world.....come back five years from than and see what happened
From: United States
*build*
*of*
From: Botswana, La reconnaissance est une lachete'
Most likely if Mr Aristide endorse anybody before sunday it will be Mirland Manigat , if that's the case all bets are off for Mickey. Although Mr Aristide did not do anything for the poor of Haiti he gave them a voice. Something nobody have done before, Having a double major in Theology and PSY have served him well in that regard. Nobody can give a speech in creole to the masses like him ,listening to his performance today as he arrived in Haiti he still got it. Lets hope during his 7 years in South Africa the greatest Statesman of them all Madiba ,better knowing to the world as Nelson Mandela have rubbed on him a little bit. The good news is according to the Haitian Constitution he cannot run for President again, his political party is in shamble, yes due to his popularity he can still be a king Maker as he should have been ,instead of the Dictator by popularity he was trying to be.
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
@PatDiamond
He gave them a voice.. And told them to shut up..
Written by: TrueIS, 18 Mar 2011 8:10 PM
From: Haiti
Danny Glover is not Haitian, but since it is something that has to do with black people, I mean helping a black nation that have endured exploitations, oppressions, criminalization by the U.S. and some members in the UN, therefore, he feels appall about that and want to help the best he can. At least, that's what I believe as a Haitian.
From: Haiti
Have you ever wondered why these ex-Presidents always want to get back to Haiti? They do nothing for the people but make false promises. They want the misery to exist because it leaves room for more dreamy promises. Aristide failed his people and his country and has made a long list of attorneys and lobbyists like Ira K. richer millionaires. They spend Haiti's meager resources fighting (lobbying) to sit in the President's seat. How selfish can you be? I just came back from Haiti today and I drove by Aristide's house and the place was freshly painted and the boundary walls were adorned with thousands of high flying flags. There are no jobs in Haiti and the rich keep exploiting the poor.
All flags in Haiti should fly at half mast until poor Haitians are treated fairly.
From: United States, Brooklyn
Se jodio Haiti... mas de lo que estan!
From: Botswana, La reconnaissance est une lachete'
@ Polo
I'm not a fan of Mr Aristide Politics . like it or not his Phenomenon is simply a by- product of the failures of Haitian Society. As the creole saying goes "you may despise the dog but you have to admit his teeth are pearly white.
From: Canada
By respect to "his" country and to the election procedure, he and the other "Bozo the clown" should have had the intelligence to stay out until after the election. It is easy, as a weak leader, to come into a country that doesn't really have a leader to be and cause even more instability.
Written by: TrueIS, 19 Mar 2011 2:19 AM
From: Haiti
From: United States
Danny walter and yucahu,
Stfu. Do you guys feel like men by writing this shhhh? The movie about toussaint from what I heard is running into problem. Funding and distribution because you need a white hero to make money
Written by: pelaut, 19 Mar 2011 8:40 AM
From: United States
Glad to see tidtid has his own Hollywood actor just like Obama, Chavez, etc.
And what's this drumbeat about Haiti having been oppressed from outside?
It was the 3rd Republic since Rome (1804 depending), totally independent since then.
So what's the beef?
That their years of invasions and depredations into Spanish Hispaniola didn't, in the end, work?
Anything done to them has been by themselves.
Written by: caonabo, 19 Mar 2011 10:10 AM
From: United States
As usual a lot of talking heads that know nothing.
Written by: danny00, 19 Mar 2011 10:57 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
lets forget about danny glover for a few minutes. for the poor and many blacks in florida the % of them is only at 45% that graduated from public school's in florida......... but now we have below a ray of light for all.
they might not be your kids, but its eveyone's village.
their is a baptist church in opa-locka florida, the hosanna community foundation which services the liberty city, brownsville and little haiti neighborhood's, then we have the world-famous new york academic community- the harlem childrens zone.
students at the hcz, as with hosanna, are taught to not let society or circumstances trick them into presuming failure. in both of these programs, the kids are overwhelming black and and poor, but yet they graduate high school at the rate of 93%... how is this possible??/
Written by: danny00, 19 Mar 2011 11:05 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
intensive after school, evening and weekend study and volunteerism with drill-sergeant-like mentors, tudors and family-life coaches,parents, no matter their personal circumstances, are required to participate on every level, this means talking to the teachers regulary, helping their kids with their homework or learning at their kids side's
its easy for all of us to say its not my problem they are not my kids.but if we don't help these kids keep them self's on track academically then you are punishing them for their parents and their parents, parents, shortcomings.
how is this right?
how, indeed?
Written by: danny00, 19 Mar 2011 11:10 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
so as i see this problem it seems at some point we need
education on both sides of the borders for the young.
and it would seem to me that we cant wait for these governments to supply this education for the young.
people need to start their own groups and start to help the young and put them on the right road to travel in life
the world is passing by fast for both countries
we need to help our self's if outside help comes all the better but with all the problems in the world today dont hold your breath..
From: United States
ignoranceisbliss said :
Stfu. Do you guys feel like men by writing this shhhh? The movie about toussaint from what I heard is running into problem. Funding and distribution because you need a white hero to make money
Here's an example of black hero movies that made money.
Blade.
Hancock.
Independence Day...etc.
Just put a cape on Toussaint,throw in some Karate moves and make him fight white aliens.....
IT'LL MAKE MILLIONS!!! LOL!!!
Written by: Trujillo, 20 Mar 2011 3:00 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Not good for Haiti or the DR. As long as Haiti is a mess, we will feel the consequences and sadly there's no real leadership on our side of the island either.
From: United States, washington dc
the best for the 2 contries is an invasion from the dom rep to haiti 1 contry no more haiti . one country all together, y muerto ese abejon...
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As a matter of fact, he should have been extradited to the US, for having turned Haiti into the major drug trans-shipment point it has become. Only the US doesn't extradite ex-heads of state, to the exception of Manuel Noriega. Only, Noriega did a no-no thing. He Bucked with the Fush. So did Saddam..
Anyway, his reign was characterized by total incompetence, political assasinations, major unrest and economic chaos. Minustah was formed to take over the country on account of the mess he had created.
This man is bad news. He still can do a lot of damage.
to whole show is to bring people together. We already had a major catastrophy and now bring all the parties together to rebuild the country.
I want to see what comes next.
barack obama had tried to keep the former head of state away from his country
president obama was on t.v. speaking about this he was trying to keep the former head of state away from haiti until at least the elections where finish.
i dont believe this was some kind of showmanship on this presidents be-half
most americans dont even know who jean bertrand aristide is.
"Written by: telemeco, 18 Mar 2011 12:20 PM
From: United States, Paterson, New Jersey
Why now, can he just wait til someone got elected than show his face"
He wants to negotiate his cut BEFORE the elections. Secure his cut.
God have mercy.
Can't be worse than mud cookies..
*of*
He gave them a voice.. And told them to shut up..
All flags in Haiti should fly at half mast until poor Haitians are treated fairly.
Se jodio Haiti... mas de lo que estan!
I'm not a fan of Mr Aristide Politics . like it or not his Phenomenon is simply a by- product of the failures of Haitian Society. As the creole saying goes "you may despise the dog but you have to admit his teeth are pearly white.
Q- What makes Aristide Dictator? I don't see why? Is defending your country against exploiters makes one a dictator??
http://qa.n1hc.com/?qa=31/defendi....esident-leader-makes-you-dictator
Stfu. Do you guys feel like men by writing this shhhh? The movie about toussaint from what I heard is running into problem. Funding and distribution because you need a white hero to make money
And what's this drumbeat about Haiti having been oppressed from outside?
It was the 3rd Republic since Rome (1804 depending), totally independent since then.
So what's the beef?
That their years of invasions and depredations into Spanish Hispaniola didn't, in the end, work?
Anything done to them has been by themselves.
they might not be your kids, but its eveyone's village.
their is a baptist church in opa-locka florida, the hosanna community foundation which services the liberty city, brownsville and little haiti neighborhood's, then we have the world-famous new york academic community- the harlem childrens zone.
students at the hcz, as with hosanna, are taught to not let society or circumstances trick them into presuming failure. in both of these programs, the kids are overwhelming black and and poor, but yet they graduate high school at the rate of 93%... how is this possible??/
its easy for all of us to say its not my problem they are not my kids.but if we don't help these kids keep them self's on track academically then you are punishing them for their parents and their parents, parents, shortcomings.
how is this right?
how, indeed?
education on both sides of the borders for the young.
and it would seem to me that we cant wait for these governments to supply this education for the young.
people need to start their own groups and start to help the young and put them on the right road to travel in life
the world is passing by fast for both countries
we need to help our self's if outside help comes all the better but with all the problems in the world today dont hold your breath..
Stfu. Do you guys feel like men by writing this shhhh? The movie about toussaint from what I heard is running into problem. Funding and distribution because you need a white hero to make money
Here's an example of black hero movies that made money.
Blade.
Hancock.
Independence Day...etc.
Just put a cape on Toussaint,throw in some Karate moves and make him fight white aliens.....
IT'LL MAKE MILLIONS!!! LOL!!!