Monday, January 18, 2010

The Long History of Troubled Ties Between Haiti and the US

The Long History of Troubled Ties Between Haiti and the US, BBC News, by Vanessa Buschschluter, January 16, 2010 When US President Barack Obama announced that one of the biggest relief efforts in US history would be heading for Haiti, he highlighted the close ties between the two nations. "With just a few hundred miles of ocean between us and a long history that binds us together, Haitians are our neighbours in the Americas and here at home," he said. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians have indeed become neighbours of Americans. More...

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