Evening star

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mense opportunity to the

United States.

The peril In Haiti is that

of a Communist takeover un

der the dictatorial President

Francois Duvalier, similar

In effect if not In detail to

Fidel Castro's takeover In

Cuba. Dr. Duvalier Is re

garded by high American of

ficials as a sinister opportun

ist who would not hesitate

to make a total deal with

the Communists if this be

came the best means to re

tain his own place. Indeed,

much Information suggests

that he is even now moving

toward just such a deal with

Infiltrators coming In from

Cuba.

The opportunity In Haiti

is simply this: Here are met

the right time and the right

place for the United States

Government to take up that

responsibility for the safety

and political health of this

hemisphere which we so bad

ly fumbled in Cuba.

The heart of our Latin-

American policy for years

has been to submit to the

strong objections of the

Latinos to outside “interven

tion” in any Latin-American

country. Too long we followed

this line while Mr. Castro

was consolidating his power

and long after it had become

evident he was turning Cuba

into a Soviet satellite base.

The OAS Talks

We tried and tried to In

terest the Organization of

American States in collective

action against what was

very clearly an “outside In

tervention” in Cuba—by the

Soviet Union. The Organ

ization of American States

talked and talked; but would

never agree to any really ef

fective action against Mr.

Castro—and never will, by

any present sign.

Now, there is an effort to

interest the OAS in doing

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1963). Washington, D.C., 1963-05-17. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1963-05-17/ed-1/?sp=16

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1963-05-17.