Haiti has long been known for its major export of Haitian migrants in search of a better way of life. It is an exodus that goes back several decades, however with recent times the numbers have increased dramatically. In fact, that numbers of Haitians fleeing Haiti in the early 1990’s far exceeds the numbers recorded in earlier years. Between 1972- 1979, some 8,000- 10,000 Haitians arrived in the United States. Compare this number with the 14,443 Haitians interdicted …showed first 75 words of 3974 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3974 total…elections in Haiti to be postponed indefinitely. The island has been described as “very tense and politically unstable.” (Denver Rocky Mountain News, 1997) Though the U.S. still considered Haiti to be a land of foreign policy “success”, the pursuit of normative liberalism allows for unintended changes. Therefore, one question to pose is, does this mean that our understanding of normative liberalism as a theory needs to be revised in order to increase its explanatory power?