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Haiti : A Democratic Government

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I could think of various countries where a new set of political ideologies can be implemented, but I chose to go with a country that hits home—that is home. Haiti for many years have been struggling with poverty, political violence, high rate of organized crimes, unstable food resources, epidemics, and an ineffective government. Haiti being the first independent nation of Latin America could’ve been a great start of political success, unfortunately that was not the case. Since gaining independence, Haiti has experienced a pattern of dictatorial rulings and negative forces used to govern the nation. In 1986, after a 29 year dictatorship of the Duvalier hierarchical dictatorship, Haiti’s governance declined greatly causing it to be the poorest country in the world. While the citizens of Haiti may be hopeless of ever returning to being a rich, resourceful nation, I on the other hand have considered some ideas that could bring them out of their governmental let down. To start off, I believe Haiti should function under a democratic government rather than a republic. Of course they have been functioning with this form of government for years, however “we the people” should be instituted. Haiti’s citizens are primarily those who are considered to be the lower class, hence if they don’t have a voice in the government it could never get better. The bourgeoisies control the country while those who are poor remain in their positions in the social class, contributing to Haiti as the

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