Haiti still plagued by ‘independence debt’ 200 years later: ‘We continue to pay this ransom through underdevelopment’

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.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/04/17/haiti-still-plagued-by-independence-debt-after-200-years-we-continue-to-pay-the-ransom-through-underdevelopment_6740342_4.html?utm_source=perplexity