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After Haiti won its war of Independence, the looser got paid, the winner got screwed!

Here is something interesting... Usually, in a war, the victor demands reparations or indemnities or tribute from the loser nation. But we all know that's not what happened to Haiti after she won his war of independence! more »

May 10, 2019 12:35 PM

France's Debt to Haiti resurfaces after the Notre Dame Cathedral Paris Fire

April 15 2019, an old medieval church burns down in France and, within 24 hours, nearly one billion dollars is collected for it's recovery. Haiti, an old French colony who was raped twice by her colonizer lies in wreck and still, the former slaves wait for a recovery! more »

April 28, 2019 1:59 AM

Why has Haiti had such difficulty developing? Read this...

SO... You want to know why Haiti has had such difficulty developing? Read this from Global Trade Magazine... more »

April 14, 2018 4:16 AM

Haiti is not in debt, Haiti is a creditor, it is France which owes Haiti money

France has probably never forgiven Haiti for the tens of thousands of slaves who rose up in the armed uprising that led to history's first abolition of slavery resulting in the loss of revenue from its slave system and thousands of destroyed sugar and coffee plantations. more »

November 13, 2017 8:15 AM

Statue of Toussaint Louverture unveiled at La Rochelle France

A new statue of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture has been erected in La Rochelle France, an old slave-trade town, in the courtyard musée du Nouveau Monde de La Rochelle (Hotel Fleuriau)... more »

May 22, 2015 8:27 AM

France to Cancel Haiti's Debt, President Francois Hollande said

President Francois Hollande announced Sunday, during the official unveiling of the Memorial ACTe in Point-A-Pitre, Guadeloupe, that France will cancel all of Haiti's debt... more »

May 11, 2015 9:04 AM

French-Haitian man Arrested in Connection to Charlie Hebdo Massacre

Fritz-Joly Joachin, a French citizen of Haitian origin, has been arrested in connection to the Charlie Hebdo Massace... According to news reports, Joachin was was in contact with one of the Charlie Hebdo killers before the massacre... more »

January 13, 2015 12:01 PM

40 Acres and a Mule for each Haitian Family of Ex-Slaves LOL...

In January 1865 U.S. Civil War General William Sherman ordered that former slaves be given 40 acres and a mule for each family... How did this end up in an article about France being sued over slavery in Haiti? more »

May 28, 2013 10:14 AM

Haitian Creole Vs. French - One makes you smile, one gives you an attitude problem

There is a HUGE difference between Haitian Creole and Le Francais (French)... The Haitian Creole language is the language of SMILES... You smile when you are speaking Creole... French, on the other hand, is the language of ATTITUDE. more »

May 22, 2013 8:11 PM

$21 billion lawsuit for Slavery in Haiti to be Filed Against France

A racism watchdog group in France announced Friday it will file a legal suit against the Caisse des Depots (CDC) bank over its role in the slave trade in Haiti... French President Francois Hollande says "What has been, has been" more »

May 11, 2013 8:44 AM