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200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations
On April 17, 1825, Charles X, brother to Louis XVIII and the new French king, performed a sudden about-face. Charles X issued ...
Haiti still plagued by 'independence debt' 200 years later: 'We continue to pay this ransom through underdevelopment'
Haitian essayist and speaker Monique Clesca urges Emmanuel Macron to acknowledge the 'injustice' committed two centuries ago ...
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Joint commission to examine Haiti's independence payment to France
A joint commission of French and Haitian historians will examine the contentious issue of the huge sum that Paris forced its ...
Macron announces joint commission to examine Haiti's independence debt to France
The French president did not, however, address longstanding Haitian demands for reparations over what is referred to as a ...
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Issue of Haitian reparations paid to France back on the table, 200 years on
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced he intends to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's ...
France forced Haiti to pay for independence. 200 years later, should there be restitution?
Haiti, which declared its independence on Jan. 1, 1804, and defeated Napoleon’s army soon after, didn’t have the money to pay the debt, Daut points out in her book. The French government required the ...