Portal:Haiti

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Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western side of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti is the third largest country in the Caribbean by area, and with an estimated population of 11.4 million, it is the most populous Caribbean country.0 The capital and largest city is Port-au-Prince.

Haiti is a founding member of the United Nations, Organization of American States, Association of Caribbean States, and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. In addition to CARICOM, it is a member of the International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. (Full article...)

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The National Palace of Haiti in 2006, four years prior to its collapse

The National Palace (French: Palais national; Haitian Creole: Palè nasyonal) was the official residence of the president of Haiti, located in the capital Port-au-Prince, facing Place L'Ouverture near the Champs de Mars. It was severely damaged during the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The ruins of the building were demolished in 2012 under the Martelly administration, and plans to rebuild the palace were announced by then-president Jovenel Moïse in 2017, but construction has never began. The palace's grounds and ancillary buildings have nonetheless remained a center of governmental administration. (Full article...)

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...that Hurricane Gordon was a Category 1 hurricane that killed 1,122 people in Haiti in 1994 and that the hurricane name was not retired by the World Meteorological Organization?
...that the African-American dancer Lavinia Williams gave up ballet stardom in the United States to spend decades developing national schools of Caribbean traditional dance in Haiti, Guyana, and the Bahamas?
...that the sailors of the Santa María shipwrecked in Haiti were infected by the first reported cases of tungiasis, a disease caused by burrowing fleas?

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A fishing boat being built in Cap-Haïtien.

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Image 1Michel Domingue (from History of Haiti)
Image 2Provisional President Boniface Alexandre (2004–2006) led the intervention of the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti in 2004. (from History of Haiti)
Image 3As the unofficial leader of the revolution, Toussaint L'Ouverture is considered the father of Haiti. (from History of Haiti)
Image 4U.S. troops seizing Port-au-Prince airfield, September 1994 (from History of Haiti)
Image 5Christopher Columbus landing on the island of Hispaniola in 1492 (from History of Haiti)
Image 6"Burning of the Plaine du Cap – Massacre of whites by the blacks". On 22 August 1791, slaves set fire to plantations, torched cities, and massacred the white population. (from History of Haiti)
Image 7Citadelle Laferrière, built by Henri Christophe, is the largest fortress in the Americas. (from History of Haiti)
Image 8Engraving of Cap-Français in 1728 (from History of Haiti)
Image 9U.S. Marines patrol the streets of Port-au-Prince, 9 March 2004 (from History of Haiti)
Image 10The ruins of the Sans-Souci Palace, severely damaged in the 1842 earthquake and never rebuilt (from History of Haiti)
Image 11Élie Lescot (from History of Haiti)
Image 12René Préval (from History of Haiti)
Image 13Sténio Vincent (from History of Haiti)
Image 14United States Marines and a Haitian guide patrolling the jungle in 1915 during the Battle of Fort Dipitie (from History of Haiti)
Image 15The National Palace burned down during the revolt against Salnave in 1868 (from History of Haiti)
Image 16Market street in Port-au-Prince, 1996 (from History of Haiti)
Image 172004 Haiti flood (from Environment of Haiti)
Image 18Opening of the mausoleum of Pétion and Dessalines in 1926 (from History of Haiti)
Image 19Bread market in St. Michel, 1928–1929 (from History of Haiti)
Image 20Jean-Jacques Dessalines (from History of Haiti)
Image 21Jean-Pierre Boyer (from History of Haiti)
Image 22Michel Martelly (from History of Haiti)
Image 23Swearing-in ceremony of Haitian Diaspora GwètòDe (Clergy in Vodou) (from Culture of Haiti)
Image 24Fabre Geffrard (from History of Haiti)
Image 25President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returns triumphantly to the National Palace at Port-au-Prince in 1994 (from History of Haiti)
Image 26The French army, led by Leclerc, lands in Cap Français (1802). (from History of Haiti)
Image 27Leclerc's veterans storm Ravine-a-Couleuvre (Snake Gully) in 1802. (from History of Haiti)
Image 28Marine's base at Cap-Haïtien (from History of Haiti)
Image 29Charles Rivière-Hérard (from History of Haiti)
Image 30Paul Magloire (from History of Haiti)
Image 31Battle for Santo Domingo, by January Suchodolski (1845) (from History of Haiti)
Image 32French sailors drowning Black prisoners during the Saint-Domingue expedition (from History of Haiti)
Image 33François Duvalier in 1968 (from History of Haiti)
Image 34Large portions of the National Palace collapsed. (from History of Haiti)
Image 35Dumarsais Estimé (from History of Haiti)
Image 36A sugar mill in Haiti (L'Homme et la Terre by Élisée Reclus, 1830–1905) (from History of Haiti)
Image 37Staff of the German legation and the Hamburg-Amerika Line agency at Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1900. The agency was involved in the staffing and management of the legation. German nationals were comparatively numerous in Haiti and heavily involved in the Haitian economy until World War I. (from History of Haiti)
Image 38Fishing village in Haiti, 1996 (from History of Haiti)
Image 39American Marines in 1915 defending the entrance gate in Cap-Haïten (from History of Haiti)
Image 40"Revenge taken by the Black Army for the Cruelties practiced on them by the French", by Marcus Rainsford, 1805 (from History of Haiti)
Image 41Kanaval in Jacmel Haiti 2014 03 (from Culture of Haiti)
Image 42Haitian folk singer Manno Charlemagne (from Culture of Haiti)
Image 43Flamingo tongue on a purple sea fan from Arcadin Islands, Haiti. This sea snail is found living on various species of soft corals and sea fans. (from Environment of Haiti)
Image 44The Kingdom of Haiti in the North and the Republic of Haiti in the South (from History of Haiti)
Image 45Lysius Salomon (from History of Haiti)
Image 46Jovenel Moïse (from History of Haiti)
Image 47The coronation of Faustin I of Haiti in 1849 (from History of Haiti)
Image 48Bishop's House in Cap-Haitien, 1907 (from History of Haiti)
Image 49Port-au-Prince and surroundings at the start of the 19th century (from History of Haiti)
Image 50U.S. Coast Guard intercepting Haitian refugees, 1998 (from History of Haiti)

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