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When France refused to recognize Haiti's independence 200 years ago, Haiti was forced to pay its colonizer the equivalent of $22 billion in today's money, to be free. Now Haiti wants that money back, and will not take NO for an answer.

In 1838, Haiti was forced to pay a ransom of 90 million gold francs to its French colonial masters to break the economic and diplomatic embargo that France had placed on the new republic after refusing to recognize its independence.

HAITI SHOULD NOT ONLY ASK FRANCE FOR ITS MONEY BACK BUT ALSO ASK THE DOMINICAN

REPUBLIC FOR HALF OF THE MONEY SINCE WHEN HAITI PAID FRANCE IT PAID FOR THE

ENTIRE ISLAND NOT JUST FOR THE WEST SIDE OF IT. NOW THAT THE DOMINICANS ARE

INDEPENDENT THEY SHOULD START REIMBURSING HAITI BACK FOR THE MONEY WE PAID FOR

THEM.

WE WANT OUR DAMN MONEY BACK AND WE WANT IT NOW. FRANCE AND ST.DOMINGUE.

Kapwa, November 19 2008, 5:07 PM

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you're right. Everybody wants to change Haiti, instead the country keeps getting worse. the other point you bring out... read more >
Haiticherie, 18-Nov-08 3:27 pm
Everybody wants to change Haiti, but the funny part about that, no one says yet what exactly they want to change... read more >
Tiba, 18-Nov-08 4:11 pm
OK, this time I think Tiba overreacted. Although I have issues with 1631, I did not think that he meant any harm in... read more >
Linda, 19-Nov-08 12:09 am
Who is "you guys." I said nothing until now about 1631's post about "they'll find you." I actually thought it was kind... read more >
Linda, 19-Nov-08 2:33 pm
When France refused to recognize Haiti's independence 200 years ago, Haiti was forced to pay its colonizer the... read more >
Kapwa, 19-Nov-08 5:07 pm
Linda, I am very confused and lost. Whe you said "Who is "you guys." I said nothing until now about 1631's post about... read more >
Tiba, 19-Nov-08 5:41 pm
Welcome Kapwa, that was such a nice post. But hey, since were at it, I think we should ask the American government to... read more >
Linda, 19-Nov-08 5:58 pm
No Tiba, I was posting to Haiticherie. I guess my post was confusing. He said "you guys" something something, when I... read more >
Linda, 19-Nov-08 6:02 pm
Oh Linda, you made me smile :) I like to raise challenging topics, I guess you could call me a "LIBERAL" I think... read more >
1 6 3 1, 20-Nov-08 12:16 am
Hi 1631, I also have got serious incredible difficulties to link Ms. Linda to a political class. She is not liberal... read more >
Lavaud Desmoulins, 20-Nov-08 6:00 pm
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