AS regular readers of this column will know, foreign affairs not football writing is my beat. It’s strange then to find myself writing this pegged to “the beautiful game.” Donald Trump of course has a penchant for using the word “beautiful” in almost every other sentence, but thus far things have been less than prepossessing in terms of the way the “Land of the Free” has been handling the World Cup.
But already I digress, for it is Scotland’s opening match opponent nation, Haiti, that I want to talk about here. Over the past decades, I’ve made numerous visits to the troubled Caribbean island and I thought readers of today’s column might like a little reflective take on this turbulent country.
