René Préval

Wilson Laleau, the Chief of Staff of Haitian President Jovenel Moise told the Miami Herald that President Moise will appeal directly to President Trump to request that the TPS be extended as Haiti is still dealing with the consequences of the earthquake that hit Port-Au-Prince, in 2010. Putting the earthquake aside which occurred seven years ago, there were ample opportunities in the ensuing years for the Haitian government to turn things around. In the last ten years, both the Preval administration (God Bless his soul- Rene Preval died a few months ago) and the Martelly administration were more interested in lining their pockets then helping fellow Haitians. It is rather ironic that Wilson Laleau the ring-leader of the Petrocaribe conspiracy is now telling American media about his government outreach to help Haitian immigrants. It is sad that the same people who created the situation that makes it hard for Haitians to return home are the exact same people who claim to represent their interests. The level of hypocrisy is…

There have been roughly forty truth commissions created throughout the world, and according to Priscilla Hayner, author of Unspeakable Truths, these truth commissions have largely been ineffective and unsuccessful (2010). The reasons behind their unsuccessfulness differ widely. Many of the “strongest truth commissions have met with frustration from victims and activists, who have sometimes pushed for more robust inquiries” (Hayner, 2010). These robust inquiries, many of which are often…

There is more going on within Haiti than what meets the eye. Edwidge Danticat has exposed the real deal and the destruction that is going on inside the Republic of Haiti. In this essay, a deep analysis of Edwidge Danticat’s “Brother, I’m Dying” and the present negative effects on the country that the U.S. and Haiti’s political situation has influenced. The country was negatively affected by brutal violence, poverty, and the lack of freedom. The Haitian people have very restricted freedoms. Most…

The article looks at the second ouster of then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and compares the violence surrounding his removal to past political violence in the country such as the armed mob led by Louis Jean-Jacques Acaau to try to take control of the government in 1844. Importantly, she says, “In the 200 years Haiti's elite has squabbled for power, René noted, its members never built a state that redistributed wealth or provided things like education, health care, roads or electricity”…

Rene Descartes (1596-1650) published a series of thought experiments in 1641 called Meditations on First Philosophy. At the beginning of the Third Meditation, Descartes outlines the Problem of the External World. Predictably, without reading the First and Second Meditations, the problem is difficult to grasp. Therefore, I will provide a summary of what took place before I continue. In the First Meditation, Descartes, contemplates the great number of falsehoods he has come to believe over the…

Francis Bacon is a world-renowned English philosopher from the early years of 1561-1626. Bacon is famous for many of his philosophical works, including the Novum Organum. Published in 1620 the Novum Organum suggests an entirely new system of logic, which is based on induction rather than on the syllogism. Bacon recognized that the human mind is filled with incorrect and irrational ideas that are preventing them from interpreting nature accurately. These incorrect notions are described by Bacon…

So far, I have explained the development of a Newtonian approach to medicine as the result of the combination of a mechanical approach and a strict mathematical treatment of physiology, which ended in Cheyne’s iatromathematics. As Guerrini suggests, this combination is framed in the use of forces between particles as causes for several physiological phenomena and, particularly, those of the secretions. By emphasizing the mathematical elements of the demonstration, the Newtonian physicians…

techniques that are listed above, change in the songs happen in accordance to the plot and message of the film. The last technique that was used to reinforce mood is the camera shots. Early shots had a large background that was very similar, then became more focused on the characters. This both reinforced how change in Harold's life changed how he looked at life, but also showed how the way he saw the world changed. The change from huge backgrounds to focused close shots was similar to how he…

Rationalism is a way of getting to the truth using only the logic of our minds, not including sensory input. The major strength of Rationalism is its universality. If I can think something is true, you can too! The lack of interest Rationalism has in sensory input is definitely a weakness. There are senses such as taste that cannot be proved by logic alone. Rene Descartes had a theory about wax and rationalism, called The Wax Argument. Descartes suggests that when we see, touch, or smell wax…

Locke, Hume, Mill, and the Mysterious Disappearance of Descartes René Descartes, born in France in the 17th century, laid the foundation of modern philosophy. In fact, due to his numerous contributions to the field, he is still considered to be the “father of philosophy.” Though a renowned philosopher, he also made considerable contributions to the fields of science and math, including the Cartesian coordinates, reflection and refraction of light, and analytical geometry (Infoplease, n.d).…