see Haiti’s growing momentum towards democracy: The possible return of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and a pushback against the electoral fix give hope (opinion)

It didn’t get much attention in the media, but US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did something quite surprising on Sunday. After taping interviews on five big Sunday talkshows about Egypt, she then boarded a plane to Haiti. Yes, Haiti. The most impoverished country in the hemisphere, not exactly a “strategic ally” or a global player on the world’s political stage.