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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog
Wait what?
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yeah...the long history of us/haiti interaction started way back when they gained their independence. it is the only known country to have gained independence through a slave revolt and the us did not want this to inspire slaves in the us to do the same so they took it upon themselves to help out haiti's enemies. that never worked out, but from then until the present the us has consistently interfered with their government to "maintain democracy". they have instigated coups, inserted your everyday corrupt puppet leader and generally had their way with the country time and again. not that a whole ton of other countries haven't done the same. all of this has caused the people of haiti to be in constant fear of foreign government interference as well as keeping them in a state of perpetual poverty.