The Haitian Assassination
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Something doesn't add up here. Allegedly, an armed group of mostly Colombian mercenaries flew into the country, entered the President's residence without any apparent resistance, shot and killed the president, and seriously wounded his wife, and then had no contingency plans to get out of the country.
Just when you thought Haiti couldn't get more dysfunctional.
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Throw in two Haitian-American
Throw in two Haitian-American mercenaries. Yeah, the escape plan seemed lacking.
Wonder if the ones who were killed and captured were just patsies or maybe even a decoy team? Some of them did get away though.
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While we don't need more bad
While we don't need more bad news, I'm all for more news that rhymes.
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Great boxing nickname
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Wasn't that a Robert Ludlum
Wasn't that a Robert Ludlum novel?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ludlum_bibliography
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(((rhymecrime)))
(((rhymecrime)))
yea the whole sitch seems extra fchaotic and horrible, but also, Haiti has been that way for like ever
to me the most fucked up part is how they share an island with a seemingly pretty successful nation
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Haiti / Dom. Rep. have been a
Haiti / Dom. Rep. have been a vital part of South Am. coke routes, especially for the largest coke consuming country in the world, for a long time.
Kind of wonder what he did to fall out of favor with the cartels / Colombian gov.. Everyone answers to someone.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Johnny D
In 1986, I had the
In 1986, I had the unforgettable opportunity to visit Haiti, ostensibly to help paint a school in the city of Hinche. Baby Doc Duvalier had recently been exiled from the country and there was a general sense of optimism and hope that good things were in store for the Haitian people (some of the kindest, friendliest folks I have encountered anywhere).
My heart regularly aches when I think of how worse things are for Haiti's residents than they were when I was there (it was pretty rough back then).
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
Are you sharing your nitrous
Are you sharing your nitrous balloon with that kid Johnny?
Sounds like an experience. How long were you down there? See any voodoo stuff?
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What a nice thing to do,
What a nice thing to do, Johnny. You're a special dude fer sure.
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Big props for the only
Big props for the only successful slave revolution in the Western Hemisphere, though.
Listen, Whitey!
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Johnny, you're a class act,
Johnny, you're a class act, for sure.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
>>>> only successful slave
>>>> only successful slave revolution in the Western Hemisphere, though.
There was also a very early Spanish colony of San Miguel de Gualdape in present day South Carolina, founded in 1526, Didn't last long. Food was scarce and disease was rampant. The final straw came when the enslaved Africans the Spanish brought with them said "screw this," burned down the settlement, and ran off to live with the locals.
Toussaint L'Ouverture also took inspiration from the Maroons of Jamaica, who fought the British into a bloody stalemate forcing the crown to sign a treaty whereby Queen Nanny and her people were given autonomy over certain lands in the central highlands.
Maroons (escaped enslaved people) also fled to the highlands of central Mexico and formed an autonomous community there. The Spanish tried to retake it 30 years later but were defeated by Yanga and his men, forcing the Spanish to recogonize the autonomous San Lorenzo de los Negros de Cerralvo.
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Big props for the only
Big props for the only successful slave revolution in the Western Hemisphere<<<
Yeah, for sure!
Interesting to contemplate how things may have been different in the US in so far as we likely wouldn't have walked into the LA purchase if France wasn't pre-occupied at the time.
But yeah, something doesn't smell right about the assassination (not that it should smell good anyhow)
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Is what is happening in Cuba
Is what is now happening in Cuba somehow related?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jonaspond
When I was a kid I pumped gas
When I was a kid I pumped gas, installed roofs and sold weed. I always get a kick out of the button down youth that bought their way into a country to somehow think that they absolved their privilege.
Volunteers is a great movie.
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>>Big props for the only
>>Big props for the only successful slave revolution in the Western Hemisphere
>>Is what is now happening in Cuba somehow related?
Kind of, because the Haitians then had to pay reparations to the French for ending their own slavery. Figure that one out!. It was within the last few decades that they paid off their debt. Why they had to pay reparations for that is beyond me, but one result is that it fucked the country for a few centuries. It's all related.
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And Thomas Jefferson
And Thomas Jefferson spearheaded an international boycott of Haiti after they won independence from France. He was worried that they would inspire similar revolts by enslaved people in the United States.
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I'm sure Haiti is growing
I'm sure Haiti is growing cheap sugar for someone. That's all the international dungeon masters care about.