U.S. and Haiti
Sir, - The “Economist” (“The Press March 2) describes how appalling the Duvalier regime in Haiti is with its strong-arm enforcers of the President’s wishes, its total ban on political opposition, and the country’s astronomically high infant mortality rate. The report then says that President Reagan is worried that as a consequence the country is susceptible to revolution. This illustrates the fundamental contradiction in United States foreign policy. While claiming to be defenders of freedom and democracy, the United States supports brutal and oppressive regimes, to prevent social change which would improve the welfare of the majority of the people. New Zealanders should think deeply about the assumption — often automatic — that the United States knows what is best for the world. — Yours, etc.,
GEORGIE HALL. March 2, 1984.
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Press, 6 March 1984, Page 20
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