Diplomatic missions have come and gone. Eleventh hour meetings have been boycotted; others have been postponed. Shots have been fired, and stones have been thrown. Foreign development aid has been suspended, and dire warnings have been issued. Declarations have been published, threats have been made, and finally, talks have taken place. Yet, in spite of all of this, a so-called 'political crisis' continues to hold all of Haiti in its grip.
