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With all the commentaries coming from various states regarding Arizona’s decision on
in essence profiling, have you look into your own backyards for justice.
I’m not upholding Arizona’s decision, but for other states to get on the band wagon is
not fare. To denied essential goods into the state whether commerce or social activities.
is not right. We do understand there is a serious plight of unemployment throughout the
nation, this effects more than just your average commentaries. Let the politicians hammer
out a definitive agreement, with a compromise for all involved. I’m not saying I agree or
disagree, but be fair in your judgement analysis of immigration.
At this point, I believe most Americans would accept the jobs folks thought we wouldn’t
work. Bills have to be paid, families cared for and raised. The state in which I reside wants
to ban certain aspects of Arizona to our state, are you kidding me. Our city is a mess let’s
try to cleanup our own backyard prior to denouncing another. With any decisions comes changes
and challenges, how we cope with those states who we are.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have accused Duvalier of committing crimes against humanity during his 15 years in power (1971-1986), a period when torture was widespread across Haiti.
On Thursday, the 59-year-old and his longtime companion, Veronique Roy, checked out of their high-end hotel in the Port-au-Prince hills and disappeared into the traffic-choked streets.
He would not reveal where he was going. A source close to the so-called “president-for-life” said he was going to move into a house here.
No further plans were revealed.
Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier’s return to his poverty-stricken country has people here fascinated.
It’s the topic of breakfast, lunch and dinner conversations, and it dominates radio shows during Port-au-Prince’s torturous rush-hour crawl.
The leading questions remain unanswered: Why come back and why now? If it’s not to exercise political power after 25 years in exile, could it be, as longtime critics suggest, a simple money grab?
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“Baby Doc” has more than $5 million in a Swiss bank. Those assets are frozen. It’s alleged that Duvalier looted his country’s treasury decades ago and the millions belong to the people of Haiti.
But under one condition, the money all goes to Duvalier. If Haitian authorities have easy access to him and do not charge him by Feb. 20, then he can clean out the bank account, no questions asked. By coming home, he’s cleared one big hurdle.
When NBC News asked his lawyer Reynold Georges if Duvalier was broke, he said, “I don’t know. That is his personal life.”
The theory of a money motive in a country where almost a million still live in tents one year after the earthquake has not discouraged Duvalier supporters who see him as a possible life raft.
Could he bring back the days when Haitians did not fear getting robbed or kidnapped? Could he keep their children from going hungry? Could his return bring attention to their plight?
Nostalgia for a glorified past seems to be driving his backers, despite the fact more than 50 percent of the population isn’t old enough to remember what life was like when he or his father, known as “Papa Doc,” ruled Haiti.