Why is haiti so poor?

[Kuya]

Someone please tell me why.

[Rhinox]

Economy is based solely on Stealing bikes.

[Qalbert]

/thread

[Kyo]

Hati needs to import jews.

[Seanr]

3rd world country... Haiti has nothing of value to trade but mangos and coffee. Country is just poor all around.

[Kuya]

I heard they are so poor because they made a deal with the devil.

[Charismatic]

I heard they are so poor because they made a deal with the devil.

Hah.
VOODOO MAN, THAT'S WHY THEY HAD AN EARTHQUAKE!

[Xno Kappa]

Blame the French?

[BadKarma]

Because they are black AND french. Its like double fail.

[richardd]

voodoo and karma dont get along

[BadKarma]

voodoo and karma dont get along

But do the serpent and the rainbow?

[Cantih]

snip from Boing Boing

Summary: Haiti was forced to pay France for its freedom. When they couldn't afford the ransom, France (and other countries, including the United States) helpfully offered high-interest loans. By 1900, 80% of Haiti's annual budget went to paying off its "reparation" debt. They didn't make the last payment until 1947. Just 10 years later, dictator François Duvalier took over the country and promptly bankrupted it, taking out more high-interest loans to pay for his corrupt lifestyle. The Duvalier family, with the blind-eye financial assistance of Western countries, killed 10s of thousands of Haitians, until the Haitian people overthrew them in 1986. Today, Haiti is still paying off the debt of an oppressive dictator no one would help them get rid of for 30 years.

The rest of the world refuses to forgive this debt.

[Kiarax]

The rest of the world doesn't give a shit.

[Kuya]

Kiarax is right, were they all beautiful white women, then perhaps we might care.

[Shiroikage]

kia could probably teach haiti a thing or two about being a white woman