Haiti: more articles on the crisis
The terrible devastation caused earthquake in Haiti, the worst to hit the Caribbean half-island in 200 years, is a combination of natural and human-made catastrophes. The series of articles listed below explain the history of how Haiti, which won its independence from France in 1804 through a revolution by the island's slaves, has become the poorest nation in the hemisphere.
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More background:Â The 1991 coup against Aristide.
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