There seems to be plenty of blame to go around for the--continuing--disastrous situation of Haiti.

Including Aristide, who as noted, does not seem to have clean hands.

Per Lucy Komisar, founder and member of the steering committee of the Tax Justice Network, an international NGO that opposes offshore tax evasion by corporations and the wealthy:

"Aristide and his associates looted government coffers, wrote checks to front companies for nonexistent purchases, padded invoices to get kickbacks from vendors, secretly owned companies that cheated Haiti or taxes, and laundered the money they stole through shell companies and secret bank accounts set up in the US and the offshore tax havens of Turks and Caicos and the British Virgin Islands."

"Aristide's corruption is documented by incorporation papers, copies of bank checks, bank transfer documents, invoices, company payment statements, and sworn testimony."

There seem to be no "good guys" in this whole sordid story. Despite Mudcatters' fondest wishes.