Michele Montas Quotes & Sayings

Haiti is extremely stratified socially with a number of large families controlling most of the economy, and import-export. — Michele Montas

I would want to make Radio Haiti as independent as possible, which means it can't be strictly commercial. — Michele Montas

For two hundred years Haiti has been swimming upstream. We were the first country in which independence was won by a group of slaves - black slaves. Across the water, the country that had just achieved independence - the U.S. - still practiced slavery. — Michele Montas

At the time Latin America was composed only of colonies. We were up against the biggest army of the colonial world, the Napoleonic army. Haiti was ostracized for almost a century. Surviving in that international context is in itself a feat. — Michele Montas

Haiti is closer to anarchy than it is to anything else. — Michele Montas