Pain and freedom
Haiti is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere, and the bicentennial celebrations of its origins in a slave rebellion in 1804 have sparked protests over compensation that it was forced to pay to France between 1825 and 1922 as reparations for French property destroyed during the slave uprisin...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | New internationalist 2004-03 (365), p.6-6 |
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| Format: | Magazinearticle |
| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Haiti is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere, and the bicentennial celebrations of its origins in a slave rebellion in 1804 have sparked protests over compensation that it was forced to pay to France between 1825 and 1922 as reparations for French property destroyed during the slave uprising. President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is now calling for France to return this money in order to rebuild Haiti's country's economy. (Quotes from original text) |
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| ISSN: | 0305-9529 |