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The Haitian Revolution ( French: révolution haïtienne or French: La guerre de l'indépendance French pronunciation: [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ a.i.sjɛn]; Haitian Creole: Lagè d Lendependans) was a successful insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Haiti .
The Port international de Port-au-Prince ( UN/LOCODE: HTPAP [1]) is the seaport in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. It suffered catastrophic damage in the 2010 Haiti earthquake . Some of docks and warehouses are operated by the government's Autorité Portuaire Nationale (APN), and some are run by private companies.
7 July 2018. ( 2018-07-07) – present (6 years, 1 month and 4 days) Location. Haiti. Caused by. Misuse of loans from Venezuela ( Petrocaribe) and social inequality. Rising taxes on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, and poor living conditions. Corruption, impunity.
Operation Uphold Democracy was a multinational military intervention designed to remove the military regime led and installed by Raoul Cédras after the 1991 Haitian coup d'état overthrew the elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The operation was effectively authorized by the 31 July 1994 United Nations Security Council Resolution 940 .
With his success, he started donating money to charitable causes in Haiti and came to know Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Haitian physician who asked Bergmann to ship some bullet-proof vests to a ...
The U.S. envoy to the United Nations is traveling to Haiti on Monday, said U.S. officials, a month after the first contingent of Kenyan police arrived in the Caribbean country as part of an ...
The recorded history of Haiti began in 1492, when the European captain and explorer Christopher Columbus landed on a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean. The western portion of the island of Hispaniola, where Haiti is situated, was inhabited by the Taíno and Arawakan people, who ...
Nearly a month after shutting down its entire border with Haiti, the Dominican Republic says that it is ready to reopen for business, but Haitians will continue to be banned from entering the country.