In Haiti, when the comedians say the poor must always be with us, Voodoo their opium

                   

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Haiti's President Rene Preval appointed planning minister Jean-Max Bellerive, pictured in 2007, as the new prime minister Friday after Haitian lawmakers ousted the government of Michele Pierre-Louis.(AFP/File)
                                            

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Haiti's Prime Minister Michelle Pierre-Louis (C) talks with foreign businessmen during an investment meeting in Port-au-Prince in this October 1, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/Files
                                                

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Haiti's Senators Youri Latortue, center right, and Jean Baptiste Jean Willy, center left, speak before a Senate session in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis was facing a challenge Thursday from senators in the president's party who are trying to remove her, a move that could hinder international efforts to increase foreign investment in Haiti.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                                       
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The poor, we want them to always be with us
                                            

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School girls hold empty plates as they wait for food at a school used as World Food Programme ( WFP ) distribution center in Chauffard, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. According to United Nations figures the World Food Programme distributed food to more than 2.5 million people in Haiti in 2008.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                                               

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Residents wait for food at a school used as World Food Programme ( WFP ) distribution center in Chauffard, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. According to United Nations figures the World Food Programme distributed food to more than 2.5 million people in Haiti in 2008.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                                                        

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A teacher distributes food to children at a school used as World Food Programme ( WFP ) distribution center in Chauffard, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. According to United Nations figures the World Food Programme distributed food to more than 2.5 million people in Haiti in 2008.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                                       

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Magazine photographs are seen stuck on the wall of a burnt market shop next to Port-au-Prince's cathedral, early Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. No injures were reported.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) 
                        

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People walk around trying to recover goods after a market next to Port-au-Prince's cathedral caught fire, early Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. No injures were reported.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                                             

Voodoo, also the opium of the ignorant masses
                                  

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November 2009, Day of the Dead in Haiti. (Reuters Photos/Eduardo Munoz)
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