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Haiti in the American PressHaití en la prensa estadounidense

A companion to the main timeline: the same American newspapers, turned toward Haiti itself — its ports and presidents, its sugar and its storms — in English and Spanish.Una compañera de la cronología principal: los mismos periódicos estadounidenses, vueltos hacia Haití mismo — sus puertos y sus presidentes, su azúcar y sus tormentas — en inglés y en español.
December 12, 192012 de diciembre de 1920 · Washington, D.C. · 1920sAños 1920

Evening star

SourceFuente: Evening star · Washington, D.C. · December 12, 192012 de diciembre de 1920
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1920-12-12/ed-1/?sp=47

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From the original pageDe la página original

This page carries the passage as it was found on the newspaper page, copied with its reading errors and all. The article's fuller presentation is still to come; the original page is linked above.Esta página lleva el pasaje tal como se encontró en la página del periódico, copiado con sus errores de lectura y todo. La presentación completa del artículo aún está por venir; la página original está enlazada arriba.

sh aboard again after a hurried xury

of the water-front section. The"

rdes of beggars besetting the visitors

they attempt to walk through well

ve<t (streets, lined with the lame and

e blind, discourages the visitors.

The chamber of commerce, mindful of

is evil, is trying to end it. for the

ganization admits that it is the thing

at turns the tourists away. Aside

>m the occupation forces, there are i

iout 200 Americans in the capital,

lly four full steaming days from New

>rk, Haiti is lucky if it gets mail in

rht or ten days.

The' one hotel here patronized by

nericans sits back toward the base of

e mountainside overlooking the sea

d beyond walking distance of town,

ice acclimated, the resident American

:es the weather, "but there never was a

n in Texas that beat down with the

tensity of this Haitian sun around

idday.

The old belief held in many parts of

e United States that Port au Prince

a breeding spot of crime is wrong

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In League Assembly

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PR. HONORIO PUEYRBEDON,

later an lomgn anaira ot uc at- i

tine republic and head of tbe Ar-

ntlne delegation at Geneva.

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undeveloped natural re- c

sources, caster to welcome the v

P

exploitation of its hidden

1 wealth by American capital, is a v

veritable land of buried treasures, and

the,next few years will reveal par-

tially the great possibilities which lie n

there, according to Alejandro Cesar. S

recently appointed minister to this

country from Nicaragua, and a new ti

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1920). Washington, D.C., 1920-12-12. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1920-12-12/ed-1/?sp=47

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1920-12-12.

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