History

Haiti - 19 September 1994 - 19 September 2014 - 20 years since 20,000 US Soldiers landed in Haiti

Do Haitians remember this story? --- 20,000 American troops landed in Haiti on 19 September,1994, to reinstate of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti... Aristide was overthrown 3 years earlier in a Military coup d'Etat. 20 Years later, how is Haiti doing? more »

September 20, 2014 9:02 AM

Haiti Cruising Guide - Royal Caribbean to begin Excursions from Labadee to the Citadelle

Going on a Caribbean cruise soon? I have some good news from Haiti - The Citadelle is about to be added to your Caribbean Cruise Experience... Yep! Soon you will be able to leave Labadee and visit the Citadelle, a huge fort in Haiti, it is actually the largest fort in all of the Americas and sits on top of a 3,000 foot mountain outside Cap-Haitien... more »

August 17, 2014 7:05 AM

Marchand-Dessalines Haiti - First Black Capital of the New World

Marchand-Dessalines is a town in the Artibonite Department of Haiti. It is named after Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of independent Haiti.... more »

August 4, 2014 11:53 AM

Columbus' Flagship Santa Maria in Danger of Looting Off Haiti Coast

"There is nobody watching the ship right now... somebody knows where we are," says underwater explorer Barry Clifford who fears that Christopher Columbus' 500-year-old flagship, La Santa Maria, found off the coast ot Haiti may be in danger of looting unless it is salgaved immediately... more »

May 15, 2014 9:29 AM

Shipwreck found off Haiti Coast may be Christopher Columbus' flagship Santa Maria

An underwater explorer claims the sunken shipwreck he found off Haiti is in fact the long lost remains of the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus' flagship from his first voyage to the Americas... This could be the biggest find in shipwreck history... more »

May 13, 2014 8:13 AM

Haiti: The Lab Rat of the Modern World!

Do you know what they do to lab rats? I just finished reading The Secret History of the Haitian Earthquake and the only thing that came to my mind was: "Man... Haiti is the lab rat of the developed world." more »

June 29, 2013 9:56 AM

The Oldest Catholic Cathedral in America is in Haiti

Did you know? The Oldest Catholic cathedral in America, not just the United States, the entire continent, is in Hinche, Plateau Central, Haiti... This old Cathedral in Hinche was built in 1503 by Nicolas de Ovando... more »

April 30, 2014 8:36 AM

The Haitian Who Died On The Titanic

IN the blockbuster film Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio's role could have easily been played by a Black man and it would have been historically accurate. In fact, the life story of Haitian native Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche is far more intriguing than the movie's lead character, but no one knew of his existence until recently. more »

October 29, 2004 12:00 AM

Haiti Historical Dates: 7 Avril, Death of Toussaint Louverture

Did you know? 7 April in Haiti is the anniversary death of the Toussaint Louverture, The Black Napoleon, leader of the Haitian Revolution. Toussaint Louverture died in the jail in Fort-de-Joux in France on 7 April, 1803... more »

April 7, 2014 10:28 AM

Dirijan Haitien yo chita ap kreye Sipesta pou Histoire d'Haiti

Mezanmi, kèm-m fè-m mal pou tout etidyan Haitien yo ki gen pou etidye Histoire d'Haiti pa kè nan tan ki gen pou vini la-a... Paske, anpil nan dirijan nou yo refize konpran wotè yo nan societe-a, yo chita ap goumen ak yon bann ti nèg fèb, ak fistibal nan men yo, marengwen ak batistè, epi yo monte yo nan nivo ki twò wo... twò vit... sa-w tande ya... Histoire d'Haiti antrave... more »

March 19, 2014 10:35 PM