uptownlivin90
Rebelious Youngin
Haiti is on the same island as the Dominican Republic. On the west end it's a 3rd world hellhole, while on the eastern side it's a somewhat developed and affluent society.
Why?...Because Haiti is a borderline communist dictatorship, whose "leadership" keeps most of the international relief money that pours into that nation, while the DR (corrupt as it may be) has a mostly market-based economic model.
Without the freedom to keep the fruits of one's labors, there is no wealth amongst the people in order to build any structure to withstand such a calamity.
For the past two decades it's been a freely elected democracy, and over the past few years under Rene Preval it's been a pretty stable one, and under Rene Preval various reforms have taken place encouraging privatization and increased economic freedoms. The economic tied in Haiti had been turning, unemployment was beginning to decrease again tourism opened up.
It's an insult to keep unfairly characterizing President Preval elected in free elections and a great friend to capitalism in Haiti a communist dictator.