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Was the island sold?

There is rumor that the island has been sold to a foreign development group.  The claim is that the now former President Martially sold the island on the final days of his presidency.  Is this true? From the sounds of it, it seems as if the President signed a contract with a foreign development company.  Now the president doesn't own Haiti so selling the land isn't something that he would be able to do.  Also keep in mind that the Haitian Parliament has to vote on the issue.  Given that there is currently no president in the country, the chances of movement on this issue this year is slim.  Also a new president can possible back out of the deal. Here is my stance.  As I have been advocating for many years now, the island should develop as a Special Administrative Region that is RULED by the HAITIANS on the island!  Period!  If folks would ban together, push for a special region, then the locals can avoid potential issues such as this. ...

A Not for Profit to run Gonave?

I have heard of many things, but this is something that is very interesting.  A not for profit could potentially run the day to day operations on the island of Gonave.  I know this sounds crazy, but it does make sense. The not for profit would function much like a large city, but would have board members from Haiti.  The not for profit would be created, and elect leaders.  Now how that works with citizens voting, I am not sure.  Basically the Haitian government would provide oversight.  Now this sounds very similar to the Special Administrative Region I was just talking about. Nothing is for certain, but it appears from different sources that this is something along with other ideas for the island of Gonave. Stay tuned, as I get more information, I will post it. Go Gonave!