Robert Malval: When Haiti Grows Bored

I have borrowed the title of this article from a prophetic piece entitled When France Grows Bored, published in the French newspaper Le Monde on March 15, 1968, by its director and chief editorialist, Pierre Viansson-Ponté. My purpose is not merely to copy its headline but also to draw inspiration from its substance. At the time, I was a young student in Paris and an avid reader of the newspaper. The day after it was published, our lecturer at Sciences Po, setting aside the scheduled program, invited us to d