Haiti has been an independent country since 1804. They have been a basket case ever since then.
We didn’t help matters by supporting the Duvaliers.
That’s true, but Haiti is a member of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, which is a loose “commonwealth” of former French colonies, and also has significant trade relations and agreements with France.
Whenever the dumbthug Haitian “government” gets in trouble, France rides to the rescue. But they can only do so much due to the supposed “independence” of Haiti.
An interesting side light...a nice American fellow of the African Persuasion told me about getting stuck in the Transit Hall of the Port Au Prince airport. It’s where you have to stay if you are simply on a stopover, not actually visiting the country.
He told me that the Haitians in the hall looked at him as if he were food. Went back to the airplane and stayed on it.
Seems the cannibals there don’t discriminate. Very egalitarian of them.
Coming to a Springfield near you.