[p2p-research] Haiti and debt

[Kevin Carson]

On 1/14/10, Ryan <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Should reparations be paid by France back to Haiti?

Its foreign debt should also be cancelled.  The U.S. helpfully made
high-interest loans to Haiti to enable it to pay reparations, and it
was saddled with debt almost until the accession of the Duvalier
family--who again borrowed enormous sums from the U.S. to support
their corrupt lifestyle.  I think some 80% of Haiti's budget goes to
interest on the foreign debt.

As somebody at Alternet said, Haiti has indeed suffered ever since it
made a bargain with the devil--but the devil was the United States.

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