US Peacekeeping Haiti

As an effort to promote democracy, the United States began influencing elections in Haiti (Torgman). In 1990 with pressure mounting from the International community, Haiti held a moderately fair presidential election. With over fifty percent of registered voter participation; of that sixty-seven percent of the voters supported the new Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. This was the first democratic election ever held in Haiti since it achieved independence (Torgman). Therefore, the Haiti election was a remarkable step towards democracy.

Purpose: To understand how Haiti became what it is and all the trials it has endured

In order to understand Haiti we must first put ourselves in their shoes. At one stage or another, every man, woman, or child will be faced with at least one issue that is now happening in Haiti. The issues involving Haiti has been a popular topic for the past two years. Since January twelfth two-thousand and ten. There are many factors which influenced the development of Haiti. Many people have abandoned Haiti over the past years. They have also given up hope for Haiti. Haiti is heralded by economic issues both political and social, foreign issues, military issues (minustah), presidential issues, and the recent earthquake. I plan to explain each of these factors in detail and give

Christophe, Marc A. "Haiti." World Book Student. World Book, 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016. Summary: In the encyclopedia article, “Haiti,” Marc Christophe informs the audience about the country of Haiti. Christophe presents geographic information including location, population, land, history, and the national language of the country. The government is also briefly discussed, where he explains the former bloody dictatorships that have ruled the area since colonial times and left the country with serious economical and social issues that still exist today. The Parsley Massacre is mentioned as well, and described as a culprit for the racial problems between Dominicans and Haitians that are still a relevant problem now. Evaluation:

Over one thousand miles of roads and two hundred bridges were built. The occupiers reconstructed the French irrigation system that Haiti had, new wharves and acetylene lighthouses were built. Theaters and parks were restored or built from the ground up. The public health systems were enlarged; hospitals and clinics were set up across the country. Even American doctors came to train Haitian doctors, and some Haitian doctors went to the U.S. to study (Thomas Smith: 291, video). These are the only things that Haiti benefited from this intervention.

The French and their slaves populated the island of Haiti during the 18th century. In the late 1700’s, the slaves revolted against the French and began a thirteen-year war for their freedom. This war began the significant problems for Haiti. Today, Haiti suffers from malnutrition, low standards of living, and poor literacy, which Haiti still faces today.

Numerous islands of the Antilles has wondered and also inquire on what is happening in Haiti how can they help. In America protest has been done to make this turmoil have a strong awareness in Haiti because this can happen in America, one may not be brutally tortured or murdered but face disrespect and ethnic hatred. Haiti is no different from Dominican Republic they share the same virtues, the same cuisine; yes some people may be darker than others but they are people too. American born Haitians and Dominicans openly protest, speak on their issues and try to understand why this happening is. There’s islands in the Caribbean who has a sister/brother country and they get along but the countries of Hispaniola will never get along it seems. In

The government in Haiti has been overwhelmed over the last two centuries with a plethora of

July 2009 - World Bank and International Monetary Fund void 80% of Haiti's debt ($1.2 billion USD) due to Haiti's extreme poverty and attempts at economic reform.

Most Haitians were slaves brought by the French. The slaves rebelled and in 1804 declared independence. In exchange of their freedom, they had to pay a 23 billion dollar debt. They were still paying the debt even after world war two. The pressure of paying off the debt kept Haiti from investing in building the country. The Haitians also have had no president since February, 2015. ``Corruption and violence caused the postponement of the election to October 9, but hurricane Matthews hit Haiti and the election was further postponed to November 20’’ says the junior scholastic . The scholastic further says, ``Not having a president can increase the government’s inability to provide basic services’’. The Haitians have to do something before Haiti becomes a failed

On January 2010 a devastating thing happened that lasted approximately 90 seconds but forever changed Haiti. January 12 a devastating earthquake struck their country leaving behind a wrath of destruction. The earthquake measured out at 7.0 on the rector scale. Sadly, up 200,000 people were lost to the deadly earthquake. Over 1.5 million people were left homeless and after 5 years over 80,000 Haitians are still living in makeshift shelters and tents in Port-au

For the most part, the interaction between the colonizers of Haiti—the Spanish and the French—was negative, and lastingly so. Haiti has remained a turbulent and impoverished landscape. Social and economic indicators remain doggedly low, year after year. Haiti, although technically independent as of 1804, has never been able to support itself. There is a lot of heartfelt sympathy for Haiti, and the hope is that the legacy of colonization is not unending fate. But it will take a lot of work to get Haiti to a place of true freedom and independence, and sometimes outside help, however well intentioned, only unwittingly fuels the legacy.

Chapter 6 is titled, “Aba ONG vole”—down with the NGO thieves—a common phrase following the emergence of humanitarian agencies in Haiti. As one may expect a majority of the Haitian population was found to have negative impressions of the NGOs, however it is interesting to note that it was reported that a third of the Haitians questioned felt they did not have a sufficient amount of information to form an impression of the NGOs. In fact, there where even debates as to whether or whether not institutes were to be

Republic because they had suffered three separate army mutinies in 1996. The UN operation is helping to maintain security in the capital of Bangui. They also helped to provide a secure place for the elections and they trained the country's police. In Siberia Leone, there have been revenge attacks by the former military group called Junta. Hundreds of villagers had been killed and thousands more mutilated by former Junta troops hiding in the country. The Security Counsel voted to establish a 70-member team that worked with peacekeepers to reduce Junta. They also support to restore the new government. The UN pledged 55 million dollars in humanitarian aid for refugees there and in neighboring countries. In June of 1998, the Security Council lifted an arms

Continuing onwards from this point in history all the Peace operations during the cold war were a lot of controversy and hate was dominating the Security Council which was a big problem for the represented countries. After the first armed Peace keeping mission was successfully implemented in the Suez Canal it seemed like that all nations and countries wanted to participate in the next one as they gained respect. After 1956 and the Suez crisis cooled down the Congo crisis arose in 1960 which was the first large-scale mission which included around 20.000 soldiers. (un.org) It was a mission were 250 UN soldiers lost their lives as they