The Haitian government was one of the worst governments in history for several reasons which Impacted their ability to recover after the earthquake in 2010. The biggest reason that had the most impact on Haitian society (and still does today) was that the Haitian government was never properly ordered. The people were overtaxed, which made Haitian society poor and made Haiti the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Along with that the Haitians were unable to fix many of their problems such as low quality of infrastructure which was lowering their quality of life since the Haitian government was corrupt and didn’t listen much to the people.
The Haitian government was unable to recover straight away after the earthquake, and because of …show more content…
The leaders in Haiti told the people very little about what was actually going on and put a limit on the Haitians rights. Some leaders were corrupt and spent the money gathered from the people on themselves while others helped the people using the government's money but mostly relied on foreign resources. Likewise, Haiti was (and still is) reliant on NGOs to help sustain day to day life only difference is now Haitians are capable of getting what they need by done by themselves. An example of corruption in Haiti is displayed by a quote from Time Magazine's article ‘The Death and Legacy of Papa Doc Duvalier’, the quote says ‘In 1964, Duvalier declared himself president for life. He held onto power by playing off one faction against another. With terrifying regularity, he sent his aides from palace to prison, and from there often to either foreign exile or execution.’ This quote illustrates how François Duvalier was able to declare himself Haiti’s leader for his entire lifetime and treat the people he was in power of like dirt by sentencing them to exile or execution without good rule. Moreover, a document written by Raymond Joseph sent to the US reads “From the very beginning NGOs followed their own agendas and set their own priorities, largely excluding the Haitian government and civil society… just 1 percent of all donor funds available for emergency assistance was channeled to the government…’ showing how foreign NGOs haven’t always been helpful, at the very least honest with Haiti about how the money is being spent or what it’s being spent
The Haitian government was unable to recover straight away after the earthquake, and because of …show more content…
The leaders in Haiti told the people very little about what was actually going on and put a limit on the Haitians rights. Some leaders were corrupt and spent the money gathered from the people on themselves while others helped the people using the government's money but mostly relied on foreign resources. Likewise, Haiti was (and still is) reliant on NGOs to help sustain day to day life only difference is now Haitians are capable of getting what they need by done by themselves. An example of corruption in Haiti is displayed by a quote from Time Magazine's article ‘The Death and Legacy of Papa Doc Duvalier’, the quote says ‘In 1964, Duvalier declared himself president for life. He held onto power by playing off one faction against another. With terrifying regularity, he sent his aides from palace to prison, and from there often to either foreign exile or execution.’ This quote illustrates how François Duvalier was able to declare himself Haiti’s leader for his entire lifetime and treat the people he was in power of like dirt by sentencing them to exile or execution without good rule. Moreover, a document written by Raymond Joseph sent to the US reads “From the very beginning NGOs followed their own agendas and set their own priorities, largely excluding the Haitian government and civil society… just 1 percent of all donor funds available for emergency assistance was channeled to the government…’ showing how foreign NGOs haven’t always been helpful, at the very least honest with Haiti about how the money is being spent or what it’s being spent