new world is a tad ethnocentric and imperialist (and incorrect)

canada stopped being french in the 1750's - the english took over.

anyway, most of those those places are quite insane and unstable, and have suffered civil wars, genocides, etc. - if that's your point, then i agree.

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The question was Why is Haiti so poor when the other places you've claimed are "quite insane and unstable, and have suffered civil wars, genocides, etc" are not as poor?

their deal with the devil?

seriously, a study of haitian history provides many obvious answers, which i think have been mentioned in other threads. certainly the locals have been screwed over by many countries for about 418 years, and the land itself has been raped, as mr. jared diamond has pointed out.

or we could just blame the victim. that approach seems to never go out of style.

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Somehow how it just has to be Geo Bush's fault.

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Not unless it's somehow related to clearing brush at the ranch.

uh, no, but bill clinton does bear some responsibility, and i shudder to think of him being in charge of rebuilding.

anyway. the haitians have little chance for improvement. at least not anytime soon.

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There are two things that cause most 3rd. world countries to be what they are and that is greed (corruption) and over population (too many people vying for too few resources).

I wouldn't rule out occupation.
Too much of the oocupied countries wealth was removed by the occupying countries over the centuries.

DAnny

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Actually the French did not leave, they were all killed in a slave revolt. Unfortunately that left the slaves in charge of the country. Once they looted the French plantations there was little left. It took years to rebuild the sugar crops, by which time countries like Cuba and Hawaii were producing sugar for less money than Haiti. Add in the Duvalier regime (Papa and Baby Doc) and you have a complete mess. If you want to know where the Haitian's money is, look in Baby Doc's bank account and in his villa on the Riviera.

The post Baby Doc governments have not been much better at helping their people. The Haitians seem hopeless because they have been stepped on for decades.

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