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Freedom Of Speech And Corruption In Haiti

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The republic of Haiti population has the life expectancy of only 29.93 years,and more than half of the population live less than one United State Dollar a day. (CIA world Factbook,2010). Human are saying that everyone be equal in this fair world regardless of race, language, appearance or nationality. But yet in country like Haiti there are factors such as the unfair election, spread of diseases, natural disaster, violence against women and child labor that they have been facing for the last decades. Even though the most protective rights of human were created and established by the Franklin D. Roosevelt, which declared that every human being should have the following freedoms; freedom from fear, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from want. The party who are taking control over the …show more content…

An unfair situation occurs a lot in Haiti, yet no one has enough power to stop them. Haiti has the statistic of below 10th percentile of corruption control in 2005 (Corbett,2006). Corruption is common in all governments, the elite Haitian has been using their power as a government to control wealth and power since 1804(Corbett,n.d.).The wealth and resources of the country are not spread equally. Whoever supports opposition movement of the leader are often get a extreme punishment or exile out from from the country. Foreign government and organization tries to lent a helping hand to the Haitian. They cannot protest or stand against their own environment, they are facing the difficult lives and poverty since the corruption is so widespread. According to the BBC world news, On 8 Feb,2015, the international news has reported about the contradiction in Haiti. The result was from the Haitian Government did not decrease the price of oil. At least 6000 public transport drivers take over street burning tyres and calling out for the president. As a result, the protesters were forced to stop and attack by an armed

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