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Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti is the third largest country in the Caribbean, and with an estimated population of 11.4 million, is the most populous Caribbean country.0 The capital and largest city is Port-au-Prince. (Full article...)

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Satellite image of Hurricane Matthew shortly after landfall on Tiburon Peninsula

Hurricane Matthew struck southwestern Haiti near Les Anglais on October 4, 2016, leaving widespread damage in the impoverished nation. Matthew was a late-season Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale, having formed in the southeastern Caribbean on September 28. The hurricane weakened to Category 4 before making landfall near Les Anglais on October 4, at which time the National Hurricane Center estimated maximum sustained winds of 240 km/h (150 mph). This made it the strongest storm to hit the nation since Hurricane Cleo in 1964, and the third strongest Haitian landfall on record. Hurricane-force winds – 119 km/h (74 mph) or greater – affected about 1.125 million people in the country. The Haitian government assessed the death toll at 674, although other sources reported more than three times that figure.

During Matthew's passage, high winds, heavy rainfall, and deadly tides lashed the Tiburon Peninsula in southwest Haiti. Nationwide, the hurricane nearly or completely destroyed around 200,000 homes, leaving 1.4 million people in need of humanitarian aid. Monetary damage was estimated at US$2.8 billion. Nearly complete crop damage occurred in Grand'Anse and Sud departments, leaving the impoverished population without a source of food. Communication networks and the road system were also compromised. After the hurricane washed away the Petit-Goâve Bridge, southwestern Haiti was temporarily unreachable from the remainder of the country, which slowed the distribution of emergency aid. The ongoing cholera outbreak worsened after the hurricane, killing at least 29 people. (Full article...)

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...that in 2004, Hurricane Jeanne hit the coastal city of Gonaïves, where it affected about 80,000 of the city's 100,000 residents. Official reports counted 3,006 people dead, with 2,826 of those in Gonaïves alone.
...that Gens de couleur were Free people of color in French colonial Haiti. The Gens de couleur could own plantations, and often owned large numbers of slaves themselves.
...that former President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier, also known as "Baby Doc" was exiled to France after his disposition in 1986. He lost most of his wealth due to his divorce from his wife Michèle, But died October 4, 2014, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti due to a heart attack at the age of 63.

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Vodou ceremony in Jacmel.

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Image 1Fishing village in Haiti, 1996 (from History of Haiti)
Image 2Port-au-Prince and surroundings at the start of the 19th century (from History of Haiti)
Image 3Citadelle Laferrière, built by Henri Christophe, is the largest fortress in the Americas. (from History of Haiti)
Image 4Swearing-in ceremony of Haitian Diaspora GwètòDe (Clergy in Vodou) (from Culture of Haiti)
Image 5Lysius Salomon (from History of Haiti)
Image 6Bread market in St. Michel, 1928–1929 (from History of Haiti)
Image 7Engraving of Cap-Français in 1728 (from History of Haiti)
Image 8A sugar mill in Haiti (L'Homme et la Terre by Élisée Reclus, 1830–1905) (from History of Haiti)
Image 9U.S. troops seizing Port-au-Prince airfield, September 1994 (from History of Haiti)
Image 10Dumarsais Estimé (from History of Haiti)
Image 11Jean-Claude and Michèle Duvalier en route to the airport to flee the country, 7 February 1986 (from History of Haiti)
Image 12Marine's base at Cap-Haïtien (from History of Haiti)
Image 13The National Palace burned down during the revolt against Salnave in 1868 (from History of Haiti)
Image 14Staff of the German legation and the Hamburg-Amerika Line agency at Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1900. The agency was involved in the staffing and management of the legation. German nationals were comparatively numerous in Haiti and heavily involved in the Haitian economy until World War I. (from History of Haiti)
Image 15Provisional President Boniface Alexandre (2004–2006) led the intervention of the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti in 2004 (from History of Haiti)
Image 16Michel Martelly (from History of Haiti)
Image 17President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returns triumphantly to the National Palace at Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1994 (from History of Haiti)
Image 18The ruins of the Sans-Souci Palace, severely damaged in the 1842 earthquake and never rebuilt (from History of Haiti)
Image 19Charles Rivière-Hérard (from History of Haiti)
Image 20U.S. Coast Guard intercepting Haitian refugees, 1998 (from History of Haiti)
Image 21"Revenge taken by the Black Army for the Cruelties practiced on them by the French", by Marcus Rainsford, 1805 (from History of Haiti)
Image 22As the unofficial leader of the revolution, Toussaint L'Ouverture is considered the father of Haiti. (from History of Haiti)
Image 23Opening of the mausoleum of Pétion and Dessalines in 1926 (from History of Haiti)
Image 24U.S. Marines patrol the streets of Port-au-Prince on 9 March 2004 (from History of Haiti)
Image 25Bishop's House in Cap-Haitien, 1907 (from History of Haiti)
Image 26The coronation of Faustin I of Haiti in 1849 (from History of Haiti)
Image 27"The Mode of exterminating the Black Army, as practiced by the French", by Marcus Rainsford, 1805 (from History of Haiti)
Image 28The battle of Santo Domingo (1806) painted by Nicholas Pocock in 1808 (from History of Haiti)
Image 292004 Haiti flood (from Environment of Haiti)
Image 30Haitian Folk Singer Manno Charlemagne (from Culture of Haiti)
Image 31François Duvalier in 1968 (from History of Haiti)
Image 32René Préval (from History of Haiti)
Image 33"Burning of the Plaine du Cap – Massacre of whites by the blacks". On 22 August 1791, slaves set fire to plantations, torched cities, and massacred the white population. (from History of Haiti)
Image 34Christopher Columbus landing on the island of Hispaniola in 1492. (from History of Haiti)
Image 35Battle for Santo Domingo, by January Suchodolski (1845) (from History of Haiti)
Image 36Leclerc's veterans storm Ravine-a-Couleuvre (Snake Gully) in 1802. (from History of Haiti)
Image 37Large portions of the National Palace collapsed (from History of Haiti)
Image 38Élie Lescot (from History of Haiti)
Image 39United States Marines and a Haitian guide patrolling the jungle in 1915 during the Battle of Fort Dipitie (from History of Haiti)
Image 40American Marines in 1915 defending the entrance gate in Cap-Haïten (from History of Haiti)
Image 41The French army led by Le Clerc lands in Cap Français (1802) (from History of Haiti)
Image 42Jovenel Moïse (from History of Haiti)
Image 43Jean-Pierre Boyer (from History of Haiti)
Image 44Jean-Jacques Dessalines (from History of Haiti)
Image 45Kanaval in Jacmel Haiti 2014 03 (from Culture of Haiti)
Image 46The Kingdom of Haiti in the North and the Republic of Haiti in the South (from History of Haiti)
Image 47Market street in Port-au-Prince, 1996 (from History of Haiti)
Image 48Sténio Vincent (from History of Haiti)
Image 49Flamingo tongue on a purple sea fan from Arcadin Islands, Haiti. This sea snail is found living on various species of soft corals and sea fans. (from Environment of Haiti)
Image 50Paul Magloire (from History of Haiti)
Image 51Fabre Geffrard (from History of Haiti)
Image 52Michel Domingue (from History of Haiti)

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