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Mar 2024
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Is there a way out of Haiti’s nightmare?

Financial Times
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Henry Mance discusses the breakdown of the rule of law in Haiti with Robert Fatton, professor of government and foreign affairs in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. How has the past influenced recent events and is there a way out of the nightmare? Clips: The Times and The Sunday Times; AP


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Presented by Henry Mance. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner.


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