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#NEWWORLDREPORT: HAITI ABANDONED TO THE OAS. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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#NEWWORLDREPORT: HAITI ABANDONED TO THE OAS. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
1926 HAITI                                                         

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everything secure. I'm John Batch with my colleague, Evan Ellis, of the U.S. Army

1:03.4

War College, and we're discussing the Caribbean first. And it is striking to me to learn

1:08.8

these states for the first time. I fault myself and then also

1:13.8

some of the presumptions of 20th century education, which I enjoyed. But in any event, the Caribbean

1:22.0

was sort of skipped after the Haitian revolution under Napoleon that 22 225 years later I'm catching up.

1:30.7

The professor's here to help me understand.

1:32.8

We've started with Suriname, where the election is not decided,

1:37.0

but also Suriname is a future, very rich oligarchy,

1:41.5

oil oligarchy as well. So we turn to a man who is Surinamese, Albert Ramdeen,

1:50.4

but a long-time diplomat, but is now the head of the OAS. Why that's important is that the

1:57.3

OAS is now being called upon to assert itself in some fashion in the trouble

2:02.6

in the Caribbean, chiefly in Haiti.

2:05.8

Professor, what do we need to know about Albert Romdine?

2:08.8

As a diplomat, he doesn't sound like a man who wants to deal with war fighting.

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