Located on the western half of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, Haiti is the home of sugarcane, and voodoo. A haven for seventeenth-century buccaneers, Haiti gained independence from colonial rulers in 1804, making it the second-oldest republic in the Western Hemisphere. Beset by poverty, Haiti also experienced decades of political dictatorship. This book documents the country's recent efforts to return to democracy.
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Located on the western half of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, Haiti is the home of sugarcane, and voodoo. A haven for seventeenth-century buccaneers, Haiti gained independence from colonial rulers in 1804, making it the second-oldest republic in the Western Hemisphere. Beset by poverty, Haiti also experienced decades of political dictatorship. This book documents the country's recent efforts to return to democracy.
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