Is Haiti’s government starting to function?
In a news analysis for the Miami Herald, Jacqueline Charles makes the case that decisive action by Haitian President Rene Preval, who was widely seen as a helpless figurehead after last year’s earthquake, was responsible for the relatively low casualties from Hurricane Tomas: A media-dodging president who has been criticized for poor communication, Préval — ...
In a news analysis for the Miami Herald, Jacqueline Charles makes the case that decisive action by Haitian President Rene Preval, who was widely seen as a helpless figurehead after last year's earthquake, was responsible for the relatively low casualties from Hurricane Tomas:
A media-dodging president who has been criticized for poor communication, Préval -- and his disaster-weary, often overwhelmed government -- had undergone a transformation.
``In the history of hurricanes in this country, this is the first time that a president took it upon himself to go around and motivate the population in advance of the hurricane's arrival,'' said Ronald Semelfort, Haiti's chief meteorologist. ``This is [how] we were able to limit the number of deaths.''
In a news analysis for the Miami Herald, Jacqueline Charles makes the case that decisive action by Haitian President Rene Preval, who was widely seen as a helpless figurehead after last year’s earthquake, was responsible for the relatively low casualties from Hurricane Tomas:
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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