Mark Schneider
Mark Schneider
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Major problems remain in ensuring credible elections. If they're not resolved, the next government's legitimacy will be in question.
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Many voters came very early, and some of the centers, particularly the big ones, were overwhelmed. But the patience of the Haitian people is formidable. And the will of the people to vote is truly impressive.
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Measuring literacy is a complicated task -- one challenge is that we are testing adults, and you don't find them gathered in classrooms.
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There is a danger of Morales becoming more closely tied to both Chavez and Castro. The danger is there, but it's not inevitable.
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We're trying to keep the doors open here, ... Everybody's been promised this money, but we need it to operate.
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It's really an outrageous situation, that any U.S. citizen would be treated like that.
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Once this is adopted, it would be difficult for the Security Council to turn the other way and to once again close its eyes to flagrant atrocities. We expect this to bring with it early warning systems, so we can prevent a conflict from reaching the point where there would have to be armed intervention.
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It was a mess at first. But the people were unbelievable. They waited, they were patient, they didn't leave.
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We've reached a point where the balance now is tilting toward holding the elections. There's less likely to be violence in Haiti's future if they hold elections than if they don't.
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At this point the entire transition is at risk. Drug traffickers don't want a functioning, effective government with a functioning, effective police force and customs. They have their hooks in the police, and they have their hooks in parts of the transitional government.
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At this point it would be a very polarizing and divisive event that could fatally damage the effort to move Haiti forward.
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Elections are clearly not the whole solution. But you can't get a legitimate government that can begin to deal with Haiti's problems and build something out of this failed state without them.
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This, of course, leads to all kinds of questions about the extent to which choices will increase stratification and gentrification, ... Choosing Schools.
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