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Originally Posted by Lune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Haiti has been deep in debt to the French since their independence back around Napoleonic times, and has been making payments that comprise a large portion of their GDP for hundreds of years. Which imo explains why they can't get their shit together as well as Dominican Republic at least. Super corrupt and a one dimensional economy (coffee) for most of history.

The condition of their independence and recognition was that they had to reimburse France for the value of their property, which included themselves as they were slaves lol. Super fucked up thing to still be paying for.

This is as far back as I can date that "fact".