re: Let me play "devil's advocate" here, with your indulgence my American friends?
Since there's another violent period of anti-government activity in neighbouring
Haiti.
Maybe that's why he's been quiet.
Haiti may be well into a civil way.
"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint; when I ask why they have no food, they call me a communist." ANON
... and in Cuba, there's more sugar than food, but hey, they're allowed to make their own cakes (hopefully a neighbor has an oven).