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Wicked Governments: The Real Haitian Curse

Will Grigg / Liberty Minute:
After achieving its independence in 1804, Haiti was required to pay huge reparations to France. The nation struggled to discharge that debt for roughly a century and a half. This was made all the more difficult by repeated foreign intervention, including a lengthy U.S. military occupation in the early 20th century. Suffering under a government devoted entirely to plunder, Haiti was left utterly destitute, unable to develop a modern economy that could create infrastructure and social institutions adequate to deal with large-scale emergencies.

Posted by Editor at January 18, 2010 12:38 AM