To: Bikkuri
Haiti, on the left in this photo, has been deforested and is now barren. The Dominican Republic, on the right, has not.
20 posted on
09/16/2024 12:38:12 PM PDT by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
They did that to pay off the reparations that France demanded as a condition for France recognizing their independence. They sold off their lumber to finance the reparations, and the environment never recovered.
21 posted on
09/16/2024 2:30:20 PM PDT by
Eleutheria5
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To: MtnClimber
22 posted on
09/16/2024 2:42:24 PM PDT by
Bikkuri
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