Haiti's poverty did not come by chance.
Aside from being forced to pay today's est. of $21 billion to France upon her independence as a black republic, from 1915-1934 US Marines occupied Haiti, killing opposition, forcing laws—even ran her finances.
15,000 Haitians were killed.
Aside from being forced to pay today's est. of $21 billion to France upon her independence as a black republic, from 1915-1934 US Marines occupied Haiti, killing opposition, forcing laws—even ran her finances.
15,000 Haitians were killed.
You want to know why Haiti, a nation of over 97% descendants of Africa is now a metaphor for poverty and disaster?
Read this.
(Excerpts from the Guardian UK)
Read this.
(Excerpts from the Guardian UK)
This is the Treaty the US forced on a sovereign, independent nation (Haiti), solely for the purpose of benefiting US businesses as they couldn't stand the thought of having Haiti interfere with foreign interests.
Read the highlighted parts carefully.
Read the highlighted parts carefully.
Even the then US Secretary of State, Mr Robert Lansing, wrote to then President Woodrow Wilson, on the method the US was using to negotiate the Treaty as high handed and an invasion of the Haitian independence.
Excerpts of the letter is attached herein....
Excerpts of the letter is attached herein....
By the time the US and France were done with Haiti, the nation became the failed state it is today. Ladies and gentlemen, the pillaging of Haiti is well documented. Look it up yourselves.
Excerpts from the book Year 501: The Conquest Continues by Noam Chomsky
Excerpts from the book Year 501: The Conquest Continues by Noam Chomsky
