Haitian essayist and speaker Monique Clesca urges President Emmanuel Macron to acknowledge the ‘injustice’ committed two centuries ago when the nation achieved independence and France imposed a heavy debt burden on the young republic.
Haiti still plagued by ‘independence debt’ 200 years later: ‘We continue to pay this ransom through underdevelopment’
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