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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 24 2008, 12:55 PM

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Lavaud, 1836 said that he must be a liberal not me. Your response to this post tells me that that nasty, low class sex... read more >
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Hi, Lavaud, I guess she has the right to be as tough as she wants, as long as she does it in a respectable manner... read more >
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No Tiba, I was posting to Haiticherie. I guess my post was confusing. He said "you guys" something something, when I... read more >
Linda, 20-Nov-08 6:50 pm
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Llyod Benneth Le Bourru, 21-Nov-08 11:18 am
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Prudent Soyez Prudent, 22-Nov-08 11:38 am
Prudent, I agree with you. However, how do you expect a corrupt government to stop corruption. If Preval wasn't... read more >
Linda, 22-Nov-08 1:00 pm
Wow Bro I am vry Happy to see there still are great people from my country who is thinking fell free to write me so we... read more >
William Josma, 23-Nov-08 10:50 pm
We may not be an agreement"soyez prudent"but i believe that we haitians need to militarize our country.We became the... read more >
Llyod Benneth Le Bourru, 24-Nov-08 12:05 pm
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