Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in HaitiPrentice Hall Press, 1991 - 303 pages Beautiful, bizarre, dangerous, exotic; a Garden of Eden fallen into disrepair. This is Herbert Gold's Haiti. In this impassioned memoir, he reflects on the country's history and folklore, its people and politics, capturing the essence of this land where tragedy is the music to which the people dance. |
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... election in thirty years . His speech defect helped make him seem strong , silent , and virtuous . When he refused to act against army- sponsored abuses , people blamed Colonel Williams Regala , another member of the junta . When the ...
... election in thirty years . His speech defect helped make him seem strong , silent , and virtuous . When he refused to act against army- sponsored abuses , people blamed Colonel Williams Regala , another member of the junta . When the ...
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... election as " the Politics of the Little Step . " In other words , at least now the chaos and the killings were out in the open . A day later , the same observer , in his pessimistic mode , noted that under Henry Namphy " the Duvalier ...
... election as " the Politics of the Little Step . " In other words , at least now the chaos and the killings were out in the open . A day later , the same observer , in his pessimistic mode , noted that under Henry Namphy " the Duvalier ...
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... election . " The procedure did not rise to the level of voter fraud . It was voter farce . FTER ALL the anticipation of massive killings and macoute A disruption , the presidential election of January 17 , 1988 , passed with only a bit ...
... election . " The procedure did not rise to the level of voter fraud . It was voter farce . FTER ALL the anticipation of massive killings and macoute A disruption , the presidential election of January 17 , 1988 , passed with only a bit ...
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Chapter Three LoupgarousWerewolvesHobgoblins | 37 |
Chapter Four The Renaissance of the Fifties | 51 |
Chapter Five Combat de Coqs | 69 |
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