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N8KDV wrote:
tommyknocker wrote: I heard last night (on SW) that rebels have "captured" the city of Gonaives, Haiti's fourth largest (and the place where Haiti's independence was declared 200 years ago). REE said that the rebels were close to taking control of Cap Haitien (sp?), Haiti's second largest city, as well. It looks like Aristide is going down. Has anybody heard anything more today? (I haven't been near my radio yet today.) That place was a total mess when I was in Port-au-Prince in the '70's. Absolute poverty. I doubt if it's ever gotten better. I once heard that St. Dominigue (the island comprising Haiti and the Dominican Republic) was France's richest colony until the slaves rebelled. Napoleon tried to retake it but his army was wiped out by yellow fever and retreated to the eastern half of the island, which was eventually handed off to Spain which is why they speak Spanish in the Dominican Republic and French (well, Creole) in Haiti. I say that if L'Overture hadn't been captured that Haiti would be in much better shape today. From what I've read, the guy was a genius, the equivalent of George Washington or Thomas Jefferson. There used to be some shortwave out of Haiti, but no more. I'll try Radio Havana, they're probably as close as you can get on SW. Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B |
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