Evening star

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Adding to the woes of Haiti,

which is predominately Cath

olic, is a dispute between the

government and the church.

Archbishop Francois Poirier, 86,

has been openly criticizing the

government lately. The govern

ment in turn accueses the pre

late of supporting factions op

posed to Mr. Duvalier.

The Archbishop is French

bom, as are many other priests

in Haiti. This is the major point

of controversy. A government

arrest order against the arch

bishop was suspended after the

Vatican warned that Haitian

officials faced excommunication

should the order be carried out.

Government sources said they

have no quarrel with the

church, only with “certain

French priests who have in

volved themselves in internal

politics.”

Meanwhile, Port-au-Prince is

being frightened and hurt by a

series of bombings which have

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taken several lives and Injured

scores of citizens.

The government blames the

Communists for the terrorism

and charged it found a link

with six or seven “barbudos”

sent here from Cuba by the

Castro administration under

the guise of “military aides

Haiti demanded their recall.

In these grim days, the

country is shocked day after

day with the wildest of rumors,

which grows frighteningly as

they pass from lip to lip.

No one can be sure whether

Haiti can emerge from its dis

tressing predicament. But cer

tainly it cannot pull itself up

by the bootstraps.

If Mr. Duvalier or anyone

else can point the way to sur

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1959). Washington, D.C., 1959-08-26. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1959-08-26/ed-1/?sp=5

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1959-08-26.