For the better part of two centuries, outsiders have been offering explanations that range from racist to learned-sounding - the supposed inferiority of blacks, the heritage of slavery, overpopulation - for why Haiti remains the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.
And, granted, for a long time, the European has been dominant in certain parts of this Western Hemisphere, but by the end of the 21st century, it's over.
Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.
Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere; some say the poorest in the world.
I first learned that there were black people living in some place called other than the United States in the western hemisphere when I was a very little boy, and my father told me that when he was a boy about my age, he wanted to be an Episcopal priest, because he so admired his priest, a black man from someplace called Haiti.
The Russians are bent on establishing both a presence in the Western Hemisphere, and they're looking for opportunities to expand military cooperation: sell equipment, air bases, as well as intelligence gathering facilities.
Unless confronted by an immediate, visible, or uncomfortable crisis, our nation's tendency is to take the security of the Western Hemisphere for granted.
I'm a member of the American Indian Movement, and I'm from the indigenous nations of the Western Hemisphere.
Everyone who's born in the Western Hemisphere is a Native American. We are all Native Americans.
