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...documentary’s historical overview, and Dominique’s unwavering criticism of every government, empowers the film to approach critically governments which even knowledgeable Americans have regarded as widely different from one another. But Demme’s view from below, which measures rulers in terms of rural economies, Creole culture and press rights (the three trenchant categories Dominique focuses most of his activism on), provides an altogether different perspective...
...biography and a national history—meet with a booming unity. Exiled for a good part of Haiti’s recent history in New York City, Dominique plays the role of interloper in Haiti’s recent political history. For Haiti’s largely impoverished rural population, Dominique becomes the one reliable figure in politics because of his accessible Creole language transmissions through Radio Haiti. His periodic returns from the States, consistently marked with a hope that Haiti’s political situation had improved, became the dread of the ruling clique, who amply made sure?...
Sanz spoke for over 20 minutes during his hour-long visit about his involvement in political causes, from his construction of shelters in rural Ecuador, to his work with missionaries, to his music school for women in India. Sanz noted that he “dedicates part of his set against Fidel Castro” and urged students and his fans motivated by politics to “write about what’s important to them...
Panel member Stephen E. Dewey ’07, a member at large of the Harvard Republican Club, questioned the difference between urban and rural poverty, wondering whether that gap was not as important as that between blacks and whites...
...Colin Powell and Paula Abdul. I also suggested that he put on his resume "101st on TIME's list of 100 Most Influential People," but Farmer told me his resume is "Harvard format" and has no place for it. "But I'll make sure and tell people here in rural Haiti about it later in the morning," he said. "I'm sure the patients will be anxious to know about...