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What process did Martelly's ascension to power mark the beginning of according to Frédéric Thomas?

  • Legal banditry

  • Economic prosperity

  • Political stability

  • Social reform

Answer

**Legal banditry**, coined by Frédéric Thomas, describes Martelly's rise to power as the commencement of a new political order in Haiti characterized by the erosion of democratic institutions and the proliferation of violence and corruption. It signals the unraveling of the fragile stability achieved after the departure of authoritarian ruler Jean-Claude'Baby Doc' Duvalier in 1986.
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