There was good news of sorts for Haiti this week. On March 8th, Boniface Alexandre, a former chief justice, was officially inaugurated as ex-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide's replacement. Next day, the seven members of the so-called "Council of Sages" picked a new prime minister, Gerard Latortue, who returned from Miami to accept his post, optimistically promising to "bring together all Haitians...in this bicentennial year." In that reconciliatory spirit, Mr Latortue wants Herard Abraham, a former general and erstwhile rival for his post, to be minister of security and defence. Although he served the Duvalier regime, there is (unusually) no evidence that Mr Abraham was involved in its egregious human-rights abuses.
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