SOLUTION?

News is circulating about a new group of leaders "chosen" to lead the country of Haiti out of the current mess. International groups are proudly shining a light on the work they have done to fix the suffering country.

It doesn't seem promising to those of us here in Haiti. News reports openly admit the team was sworn in during a secret ceremony! How can that be accepted by a population? Why do "the powers that be" think this is a step forward for 9 million people?

My impression is that things will get slightly better for a while...maybe. International forces will appear in late May, apparently. They may well meet resistance, and they will then point to Haitians as being ridiculous and un-helpable.

If you will permit me, I will offer this as an illustration to show what is happening right now with Haiti...
Imagine a soccer team that suffers under very bad coaching for years. The moral and structure of the team is destroyed. The president then fires the coach, and appoints the coach's two sons to chart a brand new course for the team...effectively repeating the same mistakes all over again.

There is a saying in Haitian Creole : Se menm yo menm. It's basically like "the same old thing." Haiti has a "new council" of some kind with a fancy name. It's the same old thing. 

UN dollars will drain into the accounts of the "brave" countries willing to help Haiti this time. Haitians will sit and watch another mission come and go in their land. You can bet that we will be back here again soon. 

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