/kloc-During the 0/8th century, Haiti was once a colony of France, mainly exporting sucrose to the world. After the French Revolution (1789), various interest groups on this small island began to stir, including French planters, black slaves and "middle groups" composed of mixed blood, poor whites and free blacks. Subsequently, the slaves launched an uprising, and Haiti entered a period of tripartite melee.
Although Haiti gained independence in 1804, becoming the first country in the Caribbean and even in Latin America, at first all American countries refused to recognize their sovereignty for fear that their slaves would rise up.
The United States only recognized Haiti as an independent country in 1854. However, the United States constantly interferes in American affairs and even finds excuses to send troops to occupy some small countries. 19 15, the United States occupied Haiti by force until 1934.
1990, Jean-Bertrand Aristide became the first democratically elected president. 199/kloc-0 took office in February, and was ousted by anti-government forces in September of the same year and forced into exile in the United States. Subsequently, under the military intervention of the United States, he returned to China as president in 1994.
Aristide won the presidential election again in June 2000. In February 2004, there was another mutiny in Haiti, and Aristide's government was overthrown, which was also the 32nd coup in Haitian history. In April of that year, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1542, and established the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti to help maintain law and order.
In May 2006, René Pré val took office as Haiti's president and restored constitutional government. However, law and order are mainly maintained by about 9,000 United Nations peacekeepers.
There are many shootings and kidnappings here. Sun City, located in the northwest corner of the capital Port-au-Prince, is called a "dangerous place" and even the local police can't avoid it. There have also been vicious incidents such as kidnapping, rape and child abuse.
Natural disasters gather here.
In recent years, Haiti has suffered frequent natural disasters.
In September 2004, Haiti was hit by Hurricane Jeanne, killing more than 3,000 people. The northwestern city of Gona? ves was the hardest hit, and about 200,000 of the city's 250,000 residents were homeless.
From August to September, 2008, Haiti suffered four consecutive disastrous storms, which caused serious natural disasters such as floods and landslides. At least 793 people were killed and more than 300 people were missing.
In 2008, Haiti was hit by four tropical storms, which killed hundreds of people and displaced nearly one million people.
Due to the massive deforestation in this area, the forest coverage area is decreasing sharply. Therefore, after being hit by a hurricane, Haiti, an island country, is very vulnerable to disasters.