The Miami Herald's Sunday, November 28th edition includes an article, "Haitians to Choose Leader in Face of the Crises," in which the reporter asserts that the new president "will be charged with helping to steer almos $11 billion in foreing aid" (see link above and below). Read the article and after summarizing it in the blog and stating your opinion in the same, be ready to discuss it in class. You will get extra points if you spot an obvious grammatical error (it's the first word in a paragraph)
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/11/27/1946304/haitians-to-choose-leader-in-the.html
Sunday, November 28, 2010
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ReplyDeleteThis is Eliezer Encarnacion. First of all, the grammatical error is in the last paragraph of the first page, where the word "whomever" was used instead of "whoever". Haiti's current history is a saddening one, and it seems hard to believe that on top of the economic and social problems they've had to encounter over the last years, mother nature also seems to be releasing its wrath over the nation. South Florida, having the largest Haitian-American population in the country, will be greatly affected by the outcome of the elections in Haiti. Since none of the candidates seem to have a plan on how to face the country's crisis, there is no light at the end of this long tunnel. It seems like an international intervention (and I mean a real intervention) will be needed to aid this country. Let's remember that many Haitian-owned businesses in Miami rely on importing products from the country. If the elected candidate cannot, for example, succeed in eradicating the current cholera outbreak, many of those businesses will reduce their income and will eventually close. We have to remember that whatever happens in Haiti, greatly affects our city, and if this elections don't bring improvement to Haiti, Miami may end up paying part of the piper.
ReplyDeleteThis is David Kirkland. After reading the article and seeing how Eliezer responded I came up with the same conclusion. All of his points are very true. Haiti is a huge mess, no argument there, and I think this election is basically turning out very bad. It is a bad idea in general to hold an election in these troubled times. Haitians responded to reporters saying they are unsure on who to vote for. Along with this, some Haitians are voting solely due to their civil duties and not because they actually have a clear preference. With all this being said, my suggestion is to have more international interference ("help"
ReplyDeleteis a better word). Like Eliezer mentioned, South Florida has the largest Haitian-American population in the United States. Obviously, the future of the country will heavily effect the economy in the South Florida along with the rest of the United States. My suggestion is to aid Haiti by appointing the nineteen candidates to different areas of Haiti. If they all want progress, they can all come together to help the country move forward. As the article mentions, the amount of damage Haiti has revived is a heavy burden for any one politician to inherit. As for international intervention, I believe the United States Government should aid and oversee the progress of Haiti more closely.
This is Lezziet Benitez.I have to agree with ephesians43. I'm glad that Haiti wants to move forward and try to rebuild Haiti. It could affect south Florida in the sense that more Haitians will stay back home and not move over here. But let the future tell and lets see what would happen
ReplyDeleteThis is Stenio Gerlin. To begin i would like to say that this really hit close to due to the fact that my parents are from Haiti. Although I’ve only been there like three times i think i have a basic understanding of their government system. After reading this article and some of the previous posts I’m sorry to say that i kind of disagree with Ephesians 43 (like the name by the way) don’t get me wrong i respect your opinion it’s just that I think Haiti is not going to get better anytime soon so if not now when would be a good time for them to hold elections after everyone has all died from the diseases that are rapidly spreading. I think that now would be a perfect time because it would be better for them to receive the help right now when the problem is fresh the sooner you attack the problem the sooner you get a solution. This election can go one of two ways either they will see progress or they won’t I for one think it would be worth the risk. We won’t have to turn on the television to the news and hear about people suffering in Haiti. This will greatly affect not only Miami but other cities as well. Eliezer made a good point when he/she said that Miami has Haitian-owned businesses that have their products imported from Haiti. If this election is not held Haiti has not much hope of receiving medicines and financial aid. so this could basically limit let alone stop exports because we can’t risk catching the cholera disease even though we have more resources for medicines we just can’t risk it so that’s why i believe that this election should go on and how it will effect Miami. Feel free to disagree with me I look forward to hearing more comments on this subject.
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