Thanks for your comments.
I agree that the masses should have the right to elect their leader and twice they have done so when it comes to Mr Aristide.
However, our people, because of illiterary and poverty, have been used and abused by politicians they believed in. Aristide got them angry and turned them agaisnt the middle and upper class of the country.
He hired them as "chimeres" to silence his opponents and even encourage them to "necklace" those who were against his movement.
Is this democracy?
You referred to Hugo Chavez, a populist and mass lover who changed his country's constitution so he could stay in power for as long as he wanted.
Take a closer look; Aristide wanted to spend more time in power to compensate for the time he was out. If he had his way, he would have become another Chavez.
Giving money to the poor to build a political base doesn't help.
Now, Haiti because of its fragile institutions and misfortunes need to have a new group of leaders: Competent, driven, honest and dedicated people who don't just talk the talk. Aristide being a polarizing figure and a lousy politician can create instability in the country and trigger the disapproval of the international community which pretty much is feeding us at this point.
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