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born 1953 Haiti
Jean-Bertrand Aristide (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁtʁɑ̃ aʁistid]; born 15 July 1953) is a former Salesian priest and politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president. As a priest, he taught liberation theology and, as a president, he attempted to normalize Afro-Creole culture in Haiti.
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Through this letter we would like to open a window for you, a window through which you may see something that touches your own life.
Eyes of the Heart: Seeking a Path for the Poor in the Age of Globalization (2000)
The people are bright, the people are intelligent, the people are courageous
Reparation!...What beautiful schools, universities and hospitals we will be able to build for our children!...How much food we will have in abundance!
If I hadn’t asked the question in 2003, probably in 2015 François Hollande wouldn’t have admitted to the debt...That was a step. It’s not finished.
The people write to me with the hope that I can solve their problems. But since neither the problems nor the solutions begin and end in Haiti, I feel I should forward some of the contents outside of Haiti.
Eyes of the Heart: Seeking a Path for the Poor in the Age of Globalization (2000)
You and I together, fingers of the same hand, are called to build a more human world in this new century, to bring the thumb and the little finger closer together, so the hand may be strong and whole. I am certain that we can and that we will.
Eyes of the Heart: Seeking a Path for the Poor in the Age of Globalization (2000)