Hope our neighbour will use this milestone to stop, "tek stock and check", and find her way back on course.

Very unfortunate that the attitude of most of us J'cans and anglophone Caribbeans up north here toward Haitians now seems to be reflected back home too, as illustrated by this Observer editorial. The lead sentence and a subsequent paragraph are transcribed below.
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There is a Caribbean ambivalence towards Haiti which this newspaper finds unfortunate, and frankly, distasteful.

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Caricom, significantly, sent its least experienced prime minister, Mr Perry Christie of The Bahamas - whose country does not subscribe to the community's economic protocols and is largely aloof of its emerging political arrangements - as its official representative to the celebrations. Significantly, too, Jamaica, whose prime minister, Mr Patterson, holds the chairmanship of Caricom, sent only a non-resident ambassador.
Shame! Well, at least Thabo Mbeki didn't choose to miss out.

Not surprising is the scant coverage it's getting here. Anyway, here's the LA Times report.

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