Online Public Relations Thoughts

Sometimes there are limits to optimism. One can trust others until they are out to kidnap or kill you.  Then it is time to leave.  That was the choice facing an American nurse and her child in Haiti but they waited too long and are now in the grip of a gang. The US has sensibly communicated to all Americans in Haiti to leave the country right away.  It is a failed state unable to protect citizens or foreigners.  Even the few well-to-do in the country live in fear.  How has the country come to this?  It has been a long time developing.  Haiti was never governed well and natural disasters tipped it over the edge. The challenge now is how to communicate and demonstrate trust in its leaders.  That will require action on the streets, shutting down the gangs and returning a sense of normal life.  It will be hard to do.