Edwidge Danticat Quotes

Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central and South America, and in the Caribbean, are really fragile democracies.

Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.

Last chances in the Middle East have been two a dirham since the 1950s. Each year the enmities are more profound, the despots more bloodthirsty and clownish, the violence more extreme, and the conditions of ordinary existence more ghastly.

I was involved with the landmines before the Princess of Wales, and nobody gave a damn about people losing their limbs. It only became a success when she came along.

The city and province were given up to anarchy; the coloured people, elated with victory, proclaimed the slaughter of all whites, except the English, French, and American residents.

There was no reason for a revolution in Paraguay.

Venezuela has changed forever.

France is a pretty stable democracy, but incidents occur. And I was pleased to have police accompaniment.

The human murder by poverty in Latin America is secret. Every year, without making a sound, three Hiroshima bombs explode over communities that have become accustomed to suffering with clenched teeth.

It is conflict overall that mires people in poverty. That is the first law of development.

There's no doubt about it that Mubarak has been indeed a partner with Israel, but there's also no doubt about something else. Conditions in Egypt were getting worse and worse, and it was almost just a matter of time before the popular uprising started.

We have a country that is in a very delicate situation.

The social discontent in China today is massive

Nigeria first entered...'the dismal tunnel' on January 15, 1966, when the military overthrew all the institutions of a democratically elected government... If there is light at the end of this tunnel, it is imperceptible to anyone not paid to see it.

In Honduras, in particular, Hillary Clinton as Obama's secretary of state was instrumental in legitimizing the coup's subsequent death-squad regime.

The history of apartheid-era South Africa is incredibly sad and at times infuriatingly incomprehensible.

I guess you could say I'm lucky because I've known a Zimbabwe that didn't have Robert Mugabe leading it. One of the saddest things about Zimbabwe is there are so many hidden casualties of the Mugabe government's misrule. They're not just casualties that you immediately see.

The social contract is starting to unravel in many countries.

A Syrian war would consume Trump's presidency.

Like a nuclear disaster, the fallout from the meltdown of Syria threatens to be with us for decades, and the longer it is permitted to continue, the more severe the damage will be.

Marikana is a huge wake-up call.

When governments become weak, troubles are certain to erupt.

I do worry about civil unrest, or complete collapse of society, or having to flee, or Europe falling into a war.

The brutality against the Baloch people represents the worst form of State oppression.

I think Sinn Fein remains the greatest threat to our democracy and our prosperity as a state.