Two centuries ago this month, France pulled off one of history’s greatest armed extortions: After the first three leaders of a newly freed Haiti refused to cave in to hefty French demands to ...

A French propaganda engraving from 1825 depicts King Charles X bestowing freedom on a Black man kneeling before him in chains. 'S.M. Charles X, le bien-aimé, reconnaissant l’indépendance de St.

President Biden, in Canada, hoped to persuade Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lead a military intervention in Haiti, which Trudeau rejected. Andrew Harnik AP The movement for reparations for slavery ...

France demanded the newly freed enslaved population of Haiti pay them, their former enslavers, reparations, a disastrous arrangement for the infant country. France stole from Haiti almost 200 years ...

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity to France in exchange for its independence 200 years ...

* France contacts Paris Club members on Haiti debt * France hopes to speed up debt relief agreed last July (Adds details) PARIS, Jan 15 (Reuters) - France has contacted the other members of the Paris ...

Black advocates are applauding a recent resolution introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that acknowledges both the history of Haiti as the first free Black nation in the Americas, and the ...

Haiti is run by gangsters. Expecting things to improve much in 2026 would be foolish. Security might improve a little, ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Marlene L. Daut is a Professor of French and African ...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity to France in exchange for its independence 200 ...