Diario las Américas

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terioration in Haiti’s economic si

tuation.

One expert told United Press

the coup had been in the making

since Monday.

Kebreau apparently acted to

head off expected mob demon

strations by Fignole supporters

scheduled for Sunday and an at

tempt by Fignole to interpret these

as his “election” to a full Presiden

tial term.

The army defied Fignole de

spite his promise of last Monday

that he would raise the whole ar

my’s pay in October if he still

were in office then.

Haiti has been the scene of re

current political crisis since Dec

ember when president Paul E. Mag

liore was overthrown by “general

strike.”

The average life of a Haitian

government since then has been

about a month.

Cantave retaliated by ousting the

government and taking over the

country.

cane refined sugar prices. Beet be

cause of concentrated competition

of a larger supply is selling at 8.65

cents. Cane refined in the east is

9.10 cents.”

Journal of Commerce points out

that twenty points has been re

garded as normal spread but dur

ing the war the beet industry con

vinced the government the spread

should be only ten points under

the old sugar act when the quota

was raised 100,000 tons, Cuba

would have supplied 96,000 tons

of the increase. Under the new law,

Cuba will supply less than 30,000

tons and Puerto Rico 13,000.

McCarthy adds:

“But there’s the rub. As recent

ly as May 24 the sugar branch had

to reallocate 150,000 tons of Puer

to Rican sugar because of an in

dicated deficit. Yet Puerto Rico

gets 13,000 tons under the increas

ed quota, the beet growers 22,000

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Diario las Américas. (1957). Miami, Fla.;Miami Springs, Fla., 1957-06-15. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82001257/1957-06-15/ed-1/?sp=10

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Diario las Américas, 1957-06-15.