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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 02:18 AM Jun 2016

Haiti, a Caribbean country, is joining the African Union

Haiti, a Caribbean country, is joining the African Union

by PRI's The World
May 17, 2016


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The African Union has 54 member states. Actually, make that 55: Next month, Haiti will officially become a member.

Yep, Haiti — in the Caribbean — will become part of Africa. It will be the first non-African country to join the AU bloc.

Culturally, though, a lot of people feel like the two are already joined.

“Haiti always calls itself … a little piece of Africa in the Caribbean, so I think it’s only fitting that now they made it official,” said Garry Pierre-Pierre, publisher of the Brooklyn-based Haitian Times.

“We share so much of the African culture from religious practices to the way we interact,” said Pierre-Pierre. “When I lived in West Africa, it reminded me so much of Haiti, it was uncanny.”

The primary benefit for Haiti in joining the AU will be the economic ties.

More:
http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/haiti-caribbean-country-joining-african-union/

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Mika

(17,751 posts)
2. Now the US's AFRICOM can set-up right in the middle of the Caribbean.
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 03:18 AM
Jun 2016

And with Hil as prez ... well ... g.u.l.p.




 

Mika

(17,751 posts)
4. Unlike AJ, I have been to Haiti several times.
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 03:32 PM
Jun 2016

What's going on there isn't good. It would be conspiratorial to suggest that the US gov't & military are not engaged and interfering in Haiti.

Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
6. It should be worth researching, right? As least as far back as bloody monster Papa Doc Duvalier.
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 05:45 PM
Jun 2016

He was just fine with the U.S. Gov't.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste, isn't it?

Embarrassing to admit, but I closely knew two people who were missionaries there, bringing "Jesus" to the "heathens." It's amazing to learn when you are little, listening to the stories of missionaries about their adopted countries, just how out of touch they really are with the people themselves.

A little brainwashing goes a long way in keeping people clueless.

They thought Papa Doc was the nicest man who came personally to greet them. OMG.

Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
7. They've been punished steadily since Haitians revolted against the brutal French slave owners.
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 02:03 AM
Jun 2016

They were immediately saddled with an enormous national debt the French had incurred, and they have been pounded, exploited, abused from that time forward by tyrants wanting to make a buck from them anyway possible.

It has been a wildly tragic story.

Fewer than 10 years ago, we were reading stories coming from Haiti concerning Haitian mothers who were faced with the sad, sad task of being forced to gather dirt, add sugar, some lard or oil, etc. to make "cookies" to give their children simply to fill their tummies, keep them from sharp hunger pangs.

In the meantime, sweatshop owners have used the people for as close to slaves as you can get, working under intolerable conditions for incredibly long, hot hours for only a few cents a day. That included the Disney Company, at one time, making little pajamas for kids in the U.S. It has never stopped. Sometimes businesses change hands, or change names, but the same thing keeps happening.

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