Facebook Twitter Pinterest Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse at a ceremony marking the death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, in Port-au-Prince earlier this year. All of this has elevated the status of a figure from the distant past who appears untainted by the current failure of Haiti’s political system. “For Haitians, Dessalines is practically the only figure in our history who has attained this mystical status,” he says. He was written out of Haiti’s history for four decades after his murder amid the country’s early diplomatic isolation. Now in the 21st century that emotion is becoming stronger and more intense amid all the political battles.

Source: The Guardian December 07, 2019 20:55 UTC