St. Thomas Law Review
First Page
281
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Part I briefly outlines various United States non-military policy options, with particular focus on economic sanctions, to effect peaceful change within the de facto Haitian government that is emerging from the coup. The imposition of such sanctions seeks to achieve the explicit foreign policy objective of effectuating the eventual return to Haiti of President Aristide. As discussed in this Article, however, the implicit message communicated by the economic sanctions may not be lost on other potential autocrats in the hemisphere. Part II addresses the prospects for Haiti's economic development subsequent to the lifting of the present trade embargo, and includes a description of those economic strategies and economic sectors that offer the most promise for the future integration of Haiti into the world economy. The reader is at the outset cautioned away from a facile optimism. After scaling the mountain that represents the restoration of constitutional government, the Haitian people face the next and, sad to say, significantly more daunting task of reaching the distant and lofty pinnacles of sustained equitable economic growth and development. Notwithstanding the tangible goodwill of the international community, in order to overcome the country's economic challenges Haitians must necessarily draw upon all the resilience, tenacity, and determination to overcome adversity for which they are justly famed.
Recommended Citation
Douglas E. Matthews,
Economic Sanctions and Economic Strategies: Toward Haiti's Integration into the World Economy,
6
St. Thomas L. Rev.
281
(1994).
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