A Shittyplace

A Shitty Place I remember a novel by Graham Greene "The consul" I think, it was a hard time for the little man under the regime of Doc Duvalier I was in Port au Prince, its capital and it was a shitty place helped by the USA. I was a chief steward on a liner but was too scared by the routine brutality that hung over the city like a cloud of a toilet not flushed. It was totally corrupt, agents, guards and the dreaded Tonton Macute demanding whisky and cigarette, I had an intense dislike of the people in power. It was a shithole then kept like that by the USA who feared that a socialist the party could take power bring peace and equality; well Duvalier has gone but the stench from that time still hangs over the country and will continue to do so as long as it suits the USA.