April 16, 2016
Categories: France, History, Justice, Slavery, Sovereignty, United States
Tags: colonialism, development, Duvalier, occupation, slavery
Before the Haitian independence of 1804, brutal slavery went on for 300 years. During slavery the only institutions and infrastructure in Haiti were in function of plantation commerce and colonials’ habitat.When comparing Haiti to the DR, one difference is the formation of social fabric. Spaniards systematically raped women and killed man in most of the Spanish […]
August 12, 2015
Categories: Foreign Policy, History, United States
Tags: agreements, occupation, United States
Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) Between the United Nations and the Government of Haiti Concerning the Status of the United Nations Operation in Haiti (French and English) Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.ijdh.org Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) Between the United Nations and the Government of Haiti Concerning the Status of the United Nations Operation in […]
May 15, 2015
Categories: History
Tags: occupation, photos, sovereignty, United States
Source: www2.webster.edu SIX PHOTOS FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES August 13, 1915 WHEN U.S. MARINES WERE LANDED IN HAYTI Rear Admiral Caperton, who landed the first party of 50 Marines from the Gunboat Eagle. Marines marching from League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, for the Connecticut, which is shown below sailing iwth 500 of them […]
May 15, 2015
Categories: History, United States
Tags: FDR, occupation, United States
Source: www2.webster.edu In Haiti a worse situation faced us. That Republic was in chronic trouble, and it as it is close to Cuba the bad influence was felt across the water. article by Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1928. “Our Foreign Policy: A Democratic View.” In general this article is defending the U.S. from an attack […]
May 15, 2015
Categories: History, United States
Tags: Franklyn Roosevelt, occupation, sovereignty, United States
Source: www2.webster.edu ROOSEVELT’S PLAN FOR LEAVING A very short overview of the central plans of Roosevelt and other U.S. Presidents From: ROOSEVELT’S GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY By Edward O. Guerrant Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1959 Pages 9-10 HAITI (1934) The United States intervened with armed force in Haiti in 1915 to restore order […]