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Damming the Flood

Paperback • 2008 • English

Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment

By Peter Hallward

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About the book

Once the most lucrative European colony in the Caribbean, Haiti has long been one of the most divided and impoverished countries in the world. In the late 1980s a remarkable popular mobilization known as Lavalas, or “the flood,” sought to liberate the island from decades of US-backed dictatorial rule. After winning a landslide election victory, in 1991 the Lavalas government led by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown by a bloody military coup. Damming the Flood analyzes how and why A...Show more

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9781844671069

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Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

Damming the Flood

Format

Paperback

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