France extracted a huge indemnity from Haiti, in exchange for recognition of its independence. This week marked the 200th ...

Haiti, which declared its independence on Jan. 1, 1804, and defeated Napoleon’s army soon after, didn’t have the money to pay ...

Two centuries to the day after France imposed a crippling debt on Haiti in exchange for its independence, a UN forum heard ...

The French president announced the commission on the 200th anniversary of France ordering Haiti to pay a debt for its freedom ...

“France granted an independence that had already been hard-won in 1804, on condition that Haiti gave it privileged access to its wealth and compensated the former colonists,” adds ...

On Thursday, April 17, 2025, as part of the bicentennial of Haiti's independence debt, the Élysée Palace published a ...

A large number of Latin American social organizations and personalities, such as Argentine 1980 Nobel Peace Prize laureate ...

A joint commission of French and Haitian historians will examine the contentious issue of the huge sum that Paris forced its ...

The French president did not, however, address longstanding Haitian demands for reparations over what is referred to as a ...

Haiti gained independence from France in 1804, but in 1825, France ordered that the former colony pay 150m gold francs - later reduced to 90m - to compensate French slave owners and secure an end ...

The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States. Haiti, which declared its independence on Jan. 1, 1804, and defeated Napoleon’s army soon after, didn’t have the money to pay the ...