Haiti debates a homegrown army - Los Angeles Times: "PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — 'In this land, we are the only masters,' the Haitian national anthem proudly boasts of this country that in 1804 overthrew slavery and colonization.
But for more than a dozen years, Haiti has been without an army, dependent on a politicized national police force and foreign troops of the United Nations who protect its leaders, respond to natural disasters and quell violence in some of the hemisphere's most wretched slums."
But for more than a dozen years, Haiti has been without an army, dependent on a politicized national police force and foreign troops of the United Nations who protect its leaders, respond to natural disasters and quell violence in some of the hemisphere's most wretched slums."
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