Haiti hasn't been worth a shit since Port au Prince was used as a port of call for pirates. For the past 300 years that place has been a shit hole and it's doubtful that it will ever change. I know people who went there, one after hurricane Jeanne in 2004 and one after the earthquake in 2010. One was a doctor and one was a Christian missionary. Aside from being in fear for their lives, they both said that going there was a complete waste of time and they'll never go back. However, recent events may be the winds of change.
I've said several times that there's only one plan that can save Haiti:
1) Install a leader who's friendly to venture capitalism. This will have to be done forcibly and the existing leader deposed. Dissolve the government and implement one friendly to the regime change. Currently, the streets are run by warlords and gangs. This is easily solved the old fashioned way, with titles and money. If someone can't be bought, they can be killed. Either way, problem solved.
2) Bulldoze Port Au Prince. Raze it to the ground and start over.
3) Build tourist resorts and casinos on and near the beaches and a Coca Cola bottling plant inland along with manufacturing businesses to exploit the cheap labor.
Within 10 years that country will be a thriving mecca of tourism and industry. Guaranteed. Return on investment will be through tourism dollars so the country itself doesn't get bled dry by the investors recouping their investments.
Is that not a great plan or what?
