I look at Haiti no different then I look at DR. Both have similar backgrounds and both have had limited time to develop givin
the multiple occupations in history that would not allow growth.
You could never compare countries like Haiti and DR to countires you see in the far east or Europe because by reading the below timeline you would see the majority of the countries existence was nothing but occupation, division, outside influence, slavery and ill management due to not knowing.
After all the occupying countries and cultures got what the came to get, the remenants is what you see today. Nothing but Crumbs. Dont have historic perspectives limited to just your life time and come with a conclusion that this is why they are what they are. history says a lot about the essence of a country but try to include the whole history. Dont blame these people, they are just the result of what took place. The Island and the two countries need time, and it wont happen in your life time. We tend to get caught up in this easy fix mentality when it comes to problems of other countries. "Rome wasn't built in a day"
1492 Christopher Columbus lands and claims the island Hispaniola for Spain. He encounters the Ta?no Arawak people, who call their land Ayiti, or ?mountainous land?.
1520s The Spanish first import African slaves.
1629 French adventurers establish a base in western Hispaniola.
1697 Treaty of Ryswick divides Hispaniola into St. Domingue (French) and Santo Domingo (Spanish).
1791-1803 Slavery uprisings result in an abolition of slavery and an eventual defeat against European forces.
1804 Haiti is declared independent from France, making it the first Black republic in the western hemisphere.
1807-20 A civil war divides Haiti into a northern kingdom ruled by Henri Cristophe and a southern republic governed by Alexandre Petion.
1820 Reunification under Jean-Pierre Boyer.
1822-44 Haiti occupies Spanish Santo Domingo.
1915-34 United States occupies Haiti.
1957 Fran?ois ?Papa Doc? Duvalier is elected president with the support of the Haitian army and the US.
1964 Duvalier declares himself President-for-Life and forms the paramilitary group Tontons Macoutes.
1971 Duvalier dies. His son, Jean-Claude ?Baby Doc? Duvalier, replaces him.
1986 Widespread protests lead the US to assists Duvalier?s exile from Haiti.
1990 December 16 First free presidential election. Jean Bertrand Aristide is elected with a 67% majority vote.
1991 September 30 General Cedras leads a coup d?etat; Aristide leaves Haiti. The international community decrees an embargo on Haiti.
1993 July 3 The Governor?s Island Agreement, which provides for Aristide?s return to Haiti, is signed. Its provisions are not carried out.
1994 September 19 A UN multination force led by the US begins a military intervention.
October 15 Aristide?s peaceful return.
1995 December 17 Presidential elections; Ren? Pr?val is elected.
1996 February 7 Pr?val is sworn in as president. February 15
Rosny Smarth is appointed Prime Minister.
1997 April 6 Senate elections. June 9 Prime Minister Smarth resigns. An indecision over the transition of a new Prime Minister creates a political deadlock within the parliament and the government ?functions? without a Prime Minister for 18 months.
1998 December 15 Jacques Alexis is confirmed as the new Prime Minister.
1999 January 11 The terms of members of Parliament expire. Ren? Pr?val dissolves the parliament and rules by decree. January 14 Alexis enters into office. The cabinet and the governmental program are established without parliamentary approval. March 16 Ren? Pr?val establishes a provisionary electoral counsel in charge of organizing the elections.
2000 April 3 Assassination of Jean Dominique, a well known and outspoken journalist. The killing marks the beginning of a decline in the human rights condition in Haiti. May 21 Elections for local and parliamentary administrations. The vote counting is contested. The electoral counsel used a flawed vote count to favor Fanmi Lavalas (Aristide?s party). The opposition declares the vote illegal; the OAS, EU, US and Canada demand a revision, Haiti does not respond, and the donors suspend their aid programs. July 9 Second round of elections: Fanmi Lavalas obtains 72 of the 83 seats in Parliament and 2/3 of the 75,000 municipal seats. November 26 Presidential elections, with opposition refusing to participate. Jean Bertrand Aristide is elected President.
2001 February 7 Aristide is sworn in as president. The Democratic Convergence creates a parallel government: G?rard Gourgue is sworn in as a provisional president. December 17 Attempted coup d?etat. According to the opposition, it is a government production staged in order to pursue the opposition. The Convergence headquarters are burned down after the ?coup?.
2002 January 21 Prime Minister Ch?restal resigns. March 1 The OAS signs an accord with Haiti to allow an OAS mediation mission in the midst of the political crisis. September 4 The OAS adopts resolution 822. The resolution calls for immediate disarmament, new elections in 2003, and an end to the block on international aid.