- Haiti is located in Carribian, close to cuba and there are banch of rich people occupying half of the countries' wealth.
- Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and 4th poorest in the whole world.
- The life expectancy of Haitians are 52 for men and 48 for women, only 30 percent of adults in Haiti are employeed and this is very low in the history.
- Haiti used to be a richest colony in the western hemisphere.
- Before the arrival of Colombus and Europeans, Haiti was a thriving civilization country.
- Europeans brought desease, death, and misery. Since then, there were many dictators in Haiti .
- Dictators didn't intend to help Haitians at all, instead of that, they have ruled over the Haitians. They persecuate people of Haiti.
- The dictators stole money from Haiti and left Haitians very poor.
- Ooutside force stopped Haiti from advancing or from improving.
- The French and American are holding a grudge the island for their loss and will not help Haiti.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
What I know about Haiti
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1 comment:
Yuki, you have 10 good statements here, but only some of them give reasons Haiti is poor today. 6, 8, 10 are really specific, exactly what we are looking for. Statements like #2 are fully true, but not reasons themselves for Haiti's poverty.
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