What is the connection between Haitis crumbling infrastructure and recent political history in Haiti?
I’m thinking in particular of Haiti’s roads, which are so dangerous to navigate. Roads in Haiti are difficult to maintain because of our limited means, but also because of the topography of the country: mountains, running water because of deforestation, and so forth. More importantly, the strength of the mobilization we had when Aristide was elected in 1990 has been broken twice. During Préval’s first presidency, there was more interference. We have had no continuity. You don’t build infrastructure in two days, not even over one mandate. It requires a national plan that holds over a quarter or half a century. If you get clobbered every time you move forward, then you’re constantly wasting money. Nothing ever gets finished. Every progressive government in Haiti since 1990 has found itself in the position of trying to fix a collapsing house, while assassins are trying to break down the back door. People looking at the house later blame the government, but it was busy the whole time keepi
