Haiti's elites loom large in the country's history of strife

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : Taxes and import duties were often seen as easily avoided irritants.
42% : The family of Mr. Bigio, an elderly construction tycoon, came to own a $30-million mansion on a private island in Miami known as Billionaire's Bunker, where his neighbours now include Jeff Bezos and Ivanka Trump.
35% : They belong to the dozen or so families of European or Middle Eastern descent who largely control Haiti's impoverished economy, and are now blamed by many citizens and international bodies - including the United Nations - with helping sow its brutal harvest of gang violence.

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