Help! Save Haiti From Itself

Miami – Haiti, today the poorest nation in the western hemisphere, was once the richest back in 1800.  How did this happen?

In those long distant days, the West indies was the equivalent of today’s Mideast – a vast treasure trove of resources. The western powers – Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, and Holland – battled to control the islands that produced tobacco, sugar, peppers, potatoes, slaves, rum, cloves, nutmeg, and bananas. 

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