Question

Despite Farmer's tendency to ignore political events in the course of his work, how did Duvalier's and Aristide's regimes affect his ability to work in Haiti? What happened after the junta that deposed Aristide and in the tumult that followed?

Answer 1

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The regimes made Haiti a more dangerous place and made traveling in and out of the country very difficult. This made it very hard to do his job and help people.  The junta made it especially dangerous for him. At one point soldiers even stop his car and poin guns at his head until he says “Long live the Hatian army”. He got 10,000 dollars from John WHite to fund an underground pacifist resistance movement. His only protection is that his superior medical knowledge makes him too difficult to be killed. He ends up leaving Haiti and doesnt come back till Aristide is re-instated.

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