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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Why is Haiti so prone to disaster? |
| 2004-10-01 |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #8 Well the rest was robbed by a series of particularily greedy and ruthless dictators. Baby Doc safely spends his money in Southern France. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-10-01 8:58:14 PM |
| #7 That could be a major part, TGA. But I think their belief system does not develop the type of people to get educated to run a modern country. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-10-01 8:55:39 PM |
| #6 A lot of the blame has to go to the French. Haiti had to pay 90 million gold francs in 1825 to King Charles X of France, as compensation for French settlers who had been expropriated by the newly-independent republic. This sum has been calculated to amount to 21bn dollars today. This completely ruined the country's economy, never to recover from. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-10-01 8:43:00 PM |
| #5 BAD JUJU! (Yup, you guessed who caused that there voo-doo!) |
| Posted by: borgboy 2004-10-01 8:31:54 PM |
| #4 I've heard tell that there's little or no ground cover in the center of the island. Burned it all up to make charcoal, or some such thing. Now, when the rains come... down comes the mud. Terrible thing to see. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-10-01 2:35:57 PM |
| #3 so well? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-10-01 10:54:14 AM |
| #2 Ha! I'd say it's because of that voodoo they do. |
| Posted by: nada 2004-10-01 10:25:03 AM |
| #1 Short answer: because it's a self inflicted shit hole. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-01 6:03:05 AM |