Can Aristide Govern in Haiti?
“,”description”:”When President Jean-Bertrand Aristide took over Haiti last month, he was a different man from the popular priest who swept into office only a decade ago. Mr. Aristide is not the only one who has changed. The country has descended deeper into poverty, and Mr. Aristide, who was never popular with the moneyed elite, has also managed to turn some of his staunchest allies — the intellectual left — into bitter enemies. They have vowed to make his five-year term difficult, if not impossible. But if Mr. Aristide is to be successful, he must find a way to please groups with seemingly conflicting interests, and his tenure will be defined by how well he manages to appease Haitians living abroad, foreign leaders and the Haitian elite. Haitians outside the country are perhaps the easiest, most loyal and least demanding of these groups. Numbering about two million across the United States, Canada, France and the Dominican Republic, this scattered group has always been rooting for
When President Jean-Bertrand Aristide took over Haiti last month, he was a different man from the popular priest who swept into office only a decade ago. Mr. Aristide is not the only one who has changed. The country has descended deeper into poverty, and Mr. Aristide, who was never popular with the moneyed elite, has also managed to turn some of his staunchest allies — the intellectual left — into bitter enemies. They have vowed to make his five-year term difficult, if not impossible. But if Mr. Aristide is to be successful, he must find a way to please groups with seemingly conflicting interests, and his tenure will be defined by how well he manages to appease Haitians living abroad, foreign leaders and the Haitian elite. Haitians outside the country are perhaps the easiest, most loyal and least demanding of these groups. Numbering about two million across the United States, Canada, France and the Dominican Republic, this scattered group has always been rooting for a better Haiti an
