Notes From The Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti

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Latin American and Caribbean correspondent Deibert delivers a riveting account of the events leading up to and including the overthrow of Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. He conveys poetic on-the-ground perspectives on the violence and anarchy surrounding the Haitian people's courageous stand against the leader who brutally betrayed them after his election as an emblem of democracy. Deibert sets vivid testimonies alongside a comprehensive analysis of the country's history that reaches far back to Haiti's first days as a colony.

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Michael Deibert blends rare sensibility, vast knowledge, and analytical acuity to produce a remarkably compelling account of Haiti's political travails . . . . For policy officials, advocates and scholars wrestling with the challenges posed by Haiti, this splendid book should be required reading.Michael Shifter, vice president for policy at the Inter-American Dialogue

Notes from the Last Testamentis that rarest of combinations: brilliant reporting leavened with consistent compassion. Deibert is a journalist with a well-seasoned Caribbean soul and is a superb storyteller: he know that the best way to reveal Haiti's bitter past and still hopeful present is through the voices of its people, and he gives them to us on every page.Laurie Gunst, author ofBorn Fi' Dead: A Journey Through the Jamaican Posse Underworld

A compelling mix of reportage, memoir, social criticism . . . Deibert has a sharp eye for the complicating ironies of history.San Antonio Express-News

A powerfully documented expos.The Miami Herald

Author Bio

Michael Deibert first visited Haiti in 1997 and served as the Reuters correspondent in Port-au-Prince from 2001 to 2003. His writing on Latin America and the Caribbean has appeared in Newsday, the Miami Herald, The Village Voice, The Economist Intelligence Unit and The Guardian, among other publications.