Thereare a fewkeythingsthatexplainhowthisislandproducedtwoverydifferentcountries, butifyouwanttogetattheveryrootofityouhavetogobacktowhenthisislandwasownedbytwoEuropeanpowers: FranceandSpain.
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ThisislandisactuallythefirstplacethatChristopherColumbussetup a colonyinthenewworldonhisfirstvoyagebackinlike 1490.
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Francewanted a pieceofthisislandbecauseitwasrichinresourceslikesugarandcoffee, sotheyfought a warwiththeSpanishandendedupsplittingtheislandintwo: onesidewouldbetheSpanishcolonyofSantoDomingoandtheothersidewouldbetheFrenchcolony, withthesamename, Saint-Domingue, justinFrench.
Theydosowithverylittleframeworkfor a societyandfor a governmentandtheyalsodosowithlandthathasbeenexploited, yearafteryear, withthesamecropwhichbasicallydestroysthefertilityoftheland.
Suffocatingembargoesandtheindependencedebt, aswellasthelackofanytraditionorinvestmentingovernmentalinstitutions, guaranteedHaiti's failurefromthemomentitwasborn, and a racistworldmadesureofit.