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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Haiti was punished for centuries for being able to assert there independence. They were burdened with sanctions, paying back costs they couldn't afford, other European colonial nations wouldn't recognize them or trade with them. Seeing Haiti become successful would have set a bad precedence in other slave colonies that hoped to rebel. The unfair reparations payments (or extortion payments) took Haiti 122 years to pay off (or to 1926). By that time, they were broke, starving, and extremely underdeveloped. They completely missed the industrial revolution because they were too poor to participate, and sanctions meant that other countries wouldn't deal with them. Add to that, they country is also prone to violent natural disasters.
The former colonial powers and countries in the Americas, really need to help Haiti to become a prosperous country. If you do that, there will be no need for violence.
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Welcome to the big leagues I guess? This is how big boy countries deal with each other. How many times has Canada been screwed over by the US?
It would be even worse nowadays because of the genocide Haiti committed (actual genocide, not the current one-size-fits-all definition).
Just looking at the wiki, most of the debt was cancelled and the US and Britain recognized Haiti and started trading two decades after independence.
Maybe Haitians are responsible for most of Haiti's problems?
