A Jamaican In Exile

  https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/opinion/assassination-of-the-haitian-president-a-wake-up-call_226005?profile=1096 Since this article was written some other things have been revealed. It has come to light that elements of the economic elite and some of the political class who opposed the President hired Columbian mercenaries dressed as and claiming to be DEA agents through a Miami firm with the help of a failed Haitian businessman who had Presidential aspirations. It seems that some of the presidential guard are accomplices as they did nothing to prevent the attack and none were wounded. There was discord in Haiti because the President wanted to stay in power a year longer than some interpreted the law to allow. Secondly, the president had failed to control the gangs which had recently united into a super gang and were calling for violent revolution. The growing power and reach of the gangs and their call for revolution alarmed the economic elite some of whom financed the operation to

 Despite the attitude of the US and Europe to Haiti, the Caribbean country has suffered from poor leadership which I posit is the main cause of the country's current situation. The 'dire political, economic, and social disarray' of Haiti exacerbated by the Corona Virus, is a classic example of what underdevelopment of most of its people does to a country. When I visited Haiti in the 70s, I found a wealthy, mostly brown skinned wealthy elite in tandem with a mostly corrupt black political elite lording it over a mostly black and poor populace living in slums. These elites may enjoy such a situation for a time but such an arrangement is not sustainable. Jamaica too suffers from 'dire political, economic, and social disarray' which is becoming more dire every day. The more we in Jamaica follow the example of Haiti and neglect the development of most of our people, the more likely Jamaica is to end up with the same results as Haiti. Tek sleep mark death! Raymond D. Gran