Poverty Defines War-Torn Haiti

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › February 29, 2004

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Poverty defines war-torn Haiti, in revolution and in peace

By REED LINDSAY

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Poverty Defines War-Torn Haiti

Sunday, February 29, 2004

Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Every Wednesday, several hundred poor women wearing white dresses and blue head scarves gather outside this capital city's hulking white cathedral to pray for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

They belt out hip-swaying songs with religious fervor, wave their hands in the air with rosary beads wrapped aroun...

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