Author: Roosevelt
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HAITISHIFT & The Power Pendulum: Citizen, Society, & State in Haiti
The Power Pendulum swang to the far right of coercion at the inception of the nation building of Haiti. The earliest haitian administrations were engraved with abundant coercion as the new state absorbed its new constituents into its force realm. What would the economy of the new nation look kike after independence? The march from…
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HAITISHIFT and The Pendulum of Power : the long quest for Concord amidst Coercion, Chaos in Haiti.
I was driving with my high school friend Denis Evens last Saturday in South Beach Miami when we finally found a parking space to drop our car and go for a walk, grab a bite, and talk as we usually do. Leaving the parking lot, a security guard adressed us in Creole with his open…
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Once upon a time, Christopher Columbus discovered Haiti….
When I was younger in Haiti, I enjoyed visiting “Quai Colomb,” a park erected in memory of Christopher Columbus by the harbor of Port-au-Prince on the Bicentenaire, a brand new name for Croix-des-Bossales. It was always a delight to wander around this place early evening where the waves of the seashore carried some salty air…
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When the going gets tough….
When the going gets tough, the posers are exposed, and the tough gets going. Winners don’t quit, and quitters don’t win.
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My Thanksgiving story (part 2): A very.. very cold roadtrip drive
Jonathan kept driving. We had more than 3 hours to go. And it was getting colder and colder inside the car. The thermometer indicated 36 F. The farther North we drove on US 27, the lower the temperature became. The cold air is filtered in from the windows, and from the bottom of the car.…
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My thanksgiving story: The Jeep, Le gros Camion (the big truck), the cold, and us
I just woke up. I went to use the bathroom, looked at myself in the mirror, and told myself I have to tell you that story. This is our Thanksgiving road trip story. A story of the car we drove, the accident we were saved from a big truck, and the cold we endured during…
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Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward will be pulling the curtain back on #cryptocurrency THIS Saturday at 1 pm EST in a LIVE webinar!!
Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward will be pulling the curtain back on cryotocurrency THIS Saturday, November 17, 2018, at 1 pm EST in a LIVE webinar!! Please, Join us Saturday, November 17th, 2018 at 1 pm (EST) for this LIVE Cryptocurrency Webinar featuring, New York Times best selling authors Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward! To…
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Behind every excuse is a lack of desire.
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Are books expensive? Only, if they are not read.