Is There Still Hope for the 1st Independent Black Republic of the World?

Haitians Want the US to "Take Over" Governing the Country

As I read the words of Jean-Louis Geffrard, a laborer who lives under a tarp in the crowded square of Port-au-Prince, "I want the Americans to take over the country. The Haitian government can't do anything for us," I found myself flabbergasted. After countless conversations with family and friends about the state of Haiti and unanimously agreeing that the Haitian people would rather die than have the United States take over the country I am well beyond beside myself by the comments of Geffrard and others on the streets of Port-au- Prince. Is this what the sound of desperation sounds like in the face of extreme calamity?

I am really baffled! For Haiti to be the first independent Black Country in the world, L’Ouverture is turning over in his grave at the sound of his people saying that they essentially no longer want to be independent. I really can not emphasize how bewildered I am at the sentiments of those who may feel this way. Any statements of the likes of Geffrard, if these statements are in fact true, are not progressive at all as it relates to the state of the Haitian people.  If the majority of the population are dissatisfied with their government than correct it, don’t simply hand over your country to foreign hands who have never had the interest of the people in mind and who may in fact have always played a role in the plight of Haiti.

I am beginning to think that we as people, who come from warrior stock are beginning to or have lost hope in our country and what Dessalines, L’Ouverture, Pétion and so many others fought and died for.