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INTRODUCTION

In 1492 Christopher Columbus wrote just about Haiti: "The furthermost exquisite in the world". Certainly, Haiti is a rattling bucolic in the Caribbean. I meditate that has a better beauty, next to a earth science and old-world culture that is absolutely various from all the else countries in Latin America.
Since then, the dictatorships have blotted out Haitian society, economy, environment and recreation. Since 1950, two a million Haitian ancestors emigrated to the United States and new countries. Haitian-American arrived from Haiti next to nought more than than their dress. If we similitude the Haiti of present to Haiti of 30 old age ago, we see a change: a new multiparty democracy. Today, a massive bit of the Third World and more than than a a billion population are below dictatorships.

Eventually, I would similar to to finish my opening next to a statement by Albert Mangones: "Haiti is novel in history, active directly from thraldom to nationhood".

CHRONOLOGY:

1492: Columbus discovered Haiti in the 15th Century.

1520-1697: Haiti is a Spanish kingdom. In the slowly 1500 and earlier 1600, African slaves flocked to Island.

1697-1790: Haiti is a French settlement. After 16th Century, Haiti became the peak earth-shattering French colony in the Americas. Island´s trade goods to Europe enclosed sugar, java and corn. The charm of Haiti is recognizable by the French in the mid-1700 Century, when they named it "Pearl the Caribbean".

1790-1803: During the French settlement slaves suffers from ill-treatment. By the postponed 1790, pro-independence demonstrations. An Anti-slavery move beneath Toussaint L´Ouverture began. L´Ouverture is one of the utmost of the essence dark leaders in the earlier period.During this spell of time, Haitian slaves volley villages. Anti-French protests riots brutally burked. By the advanced 1803, nether supervision of Jean Jacques Dessalines, Haiti service unsuccessful the French forces at the Battle of Vertieres.

1804-1806:A French colony for much than one hundred years, Haiti becomes independent, one of the best impressive events in the what went before. Jean Jacques Dessalines became the original president of new political system of Haiti, the premier dark commonwealth in the ultramodern past. Dessalines is the "Father of Modern Haiti". Haiti occupies the Western tertiary of Hispaniola, the second-largest Island in the Caribbean.
1804-1820: Unfortunately; Haiti is in disagreement into two zones. Northern Haiti is in use by Henri Christopher, who is named Emperor, time the northeasterly is filled by Alexander Petion. Petion is belike the maximal Haitian policy-maker who ever lived.
1880: Haiti has one of the richest ecosystems in the Caribbean.

1900: Haiti´s existing political has been tumultuous, prominent by dictatorships

1915-1934: Haiti has not had an impressive political unit senate Invasion by United States forces. US troops sent to Haiti during well-mannered sub-war.

1918: The Presidential Palace, one of the best political unit palaces in the world, is in the beginning planned by the Haitian Georges Bassan. Bassan is glorious to White House Washington.

1926: Emily Greene Balch, a quality rights activist, went to Haiti.

1928: Cator is the solely Haitian of all time to win athletics shiny decoration. After, Haitian steeplechaser Sylvio Cator breaks the men's womb-to-tomb bounce journal in Paris. Cator was specified a hero's generosity when he returned to his countryside.

1937: In the Dominican Republic, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo successive national force to slaying of 20000 Haitian emigrants.

1940-1950: Haiti is one of the most undemanding roam destinations in the Caribbean.

1944: Dewitt Peters, an American school-teacher, supported the Centre d'Art in Port -au-Prince Since 1944, Centre d'Art became the centre of the Haitian sculpture. It is now one of Haiti´s biggest holidaymaker attractions, and all year thousands of family came to see the paintings and otherwise industry of Haitian art.

1945: Haiti becomes the 26th extremity of the United Nations in October.

1956: Haiti establishes negotiation folks near the Republic of China (Taiwan).

1956: Daniel Fignolé is President of the Provisional Council and Head of State of Haiti

1957-1971:After in use for a clip as a traditionalist doctor, Francois Duvalier became one of Haiti's peak renowned doctors. In 1957, Duvalier is elective President of the Republic of Haiti. President Duvalier announced: "My rule will fund the sweat of free will to all Haitians". Francois Duvalier, likewise renowned for his sobriquet "Papa Doc", emerged as Head of State and in a flash gained most blatant influence. In 1961 "Papa Doc" rewrote the National Constitution. After, he became the oldest "President for Eternity of Haiti". In the 1960s and 1970s "Papa Doc" popularizes superstitions thinking to Haiti through a set of celebrated fetish rites. The Duvalier monocracy instituted rig press censoring. International agencies charge rule of sedate human rights abuses. His government of alarm resulted in the deaths of smallest 30000 Haitian. The Island is one of the utmost dicey countries in the Third World.

1957-1981: Haitian First Lady Simone Ovide became one of the record supreme women in the earlier period of Haiti. Simone, married person of the record famed tyrant of Haiti, gained in wiles and energy finished inducement and fault.

1957-1989: For many an decades, Haiti does not have prudent relations beside the USSR, People's Republic of China, Cuba, Hungary, South Africa and East Germany.

1960: The Tonton Macoutes, the inhumane stealthy police, initiated a "Haitian genocide" in which semipolitical prisoners were punished and dead.

1964: Joseph Eduard Gaetjens, the idol of millions of Haitians, is arrested and killed by the Tonton Macoutes, the spine-chilling Haitian concealed personnel. Like John Barnes (Jamaica) and Everald "Gally" Cummings (Trinidad Tobago), he was a large player in the Caribbean. After, Gaetjens get a international sign of the attempt resistant dictatorship in the Third World. He had multiple Haitian and American residency and compete at 1950 World Cup for the United States. Son of Haitian parent and Belgium father, he compete for some clubs in the United States. The twelvemonth 1950 was a unbelievably significant yr for Gaetjens: the United States pummel England 1-0, the place of the contemporary contact sport.

1964: Francois Duvalier denatured the political unit banner. Black and red are the colors nominated by Duvalier. Black, which is corresponding to the Angolan flag, represents the descendants of the subject Francois Toussaint L'Ouverture and is likewise the tralatitious color of the Haitian ancestors. While, red symbolizes the country's freedom. But the imaginative flag, used since 1803, was abstracted in 1986 by direct of the new management.

1966: Haile Selassie, the Emperor of Ethiopia, arrives in Port-au-Prince. Under the management of Dictator Francois Duvalier, numerous African countries keep recognized sensitive family next to Haiti.
1967: The Comedians, a moving picture by British controller Peter Glenville, inspired in the merciless Haitian authoritarianism by the Duvalier kinfolk.

1971: After Duvalier's death, quality passed to his son Jean Claude Duvalier, the man who became well-known all through the worldwide as "Baby Doc". Baby Doc is as ruler as his begetter. Haiti is subordinate by cast-iron extremity. Duvalier, uncomparable notable for his anticommunist political, is ubiquitous. Many dislike leaders were inactive. He is suspect of human rights abuses. Thousand of Haitian folks fled the rustic. Corruption is rife at all levels of management. The vigour scheme is one of the pessimum in the Americas.

1974: The sportsmanlike set of contacts is one of the last-place in the Third World, but Haiti qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Haiti dead Trinidad-Tobago in the World Cup qualifiers. Is one of the chief clean moment, in the chronology, comparison it to thing resembling Sylvio Cator, who won a hoary ribbon in extended jump in the 1928 Olympics Games in Holland.

1975: In El Salvador, Miss Haiti, Gerthie David, is titled oldest outlaw up at Miss Universe Pageant... sending subsist to trillions by CBS. After, Gerthie David is acclaimed in Port-au-Prince as a political unit persona. Miss Haiti competed near 71 else women from about the international for the caption of Miss Universe, plus Miss USA, Summer Barthollomew.

1980: Like Canada, West Germany South Korea and Kenya, Haiti objection the Moscow Olympic Games in disagreement for Soviet penetration of Afghanistan

1980-1986: Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haiti's old dictator, ringed Michelle Bennett, an blue woman. A pocket-sized more than three months later, Bennett-Duvalier becomes First Lady of Haiti. Like Eva Peron (Argentina) or Jiang Qing (People's Republic of China), she was a female next to bad rule. Michelle Bennett promoted her mulatto countrymen to positions of management in the dictatorship at his disbursal of the African-Haitians.

1982: The National History Park (La Citadelle Laferriere, Sans Souci Palace and Ramiers) is selected as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. Like Machu Picchu (Peru) and Angkor What (Cambodia), the National History Park is well thought out among the wonders of the global.

1982: Ronald Agenor wins a gilded award in men's tennis singles at the Central American and Caribbean Sports Games La Havana. He captures the black maria of the Island.

1983: Pope John Paul arrives in Haiti for a look in. "Things most rework here", aforementioned John Paul II.

1986: As Jean-Claude coalesced his power, he homogeneously refused to reckon constitutional reorganization. The rebellion in opposition the dictator Jean Claude Duvalier began...Antigovernment protesters in the possessions. Many deaths, injuries and arrests. Seeming end to longstanding Haitian tyranny with stumble of Duvalier authorities.

1987: Haiti has one of the America's tax of HIV infection

1987: The New Constitution remodeled many an of the liberties abolished by the Duvalier relations. The National Constitution recognizes some French and Creole as authoritative languages. A new protest emerged underneath Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

1988: Writer Rene Depestre wins the Prix Ranandot. Depestre, a Haitian dissident now aware in France, was cited his novel Hadriana dans tous mes reves. By the mid-1980s Rene Depestre had become healed illustrious in accomplishment circles facade Haiti.

1990: Ertha Pascall-Trouillot becomes the archetypical black female electoral of Head of State in the international.

1990: First multi-party elections. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a magnetic black leader, was elected business executive of Haiti. Aristide is the primary popular business executive since 1804.He was electoral with the record hot bracket of any Haitian chief of state candidate in the ancient times.

1991: Military putsch in the administrative division. Raoul Cedras, commanding officer of the coup, emerged as pave the way of the new elected representatives. This twelvemonth distinct the end of viii months of ideology. Under new government, all political parties were dissolved.

1991-1995: Like Equatorial Guinea, Cuba and North Korea, Haiti has one of the furthermost overserious human rights snags in the Third World.

1993: United Nations obligatory economical sanctions on Haiti, one of the most densely inhabited nations in the Americas.

1994: Peaceful job by United States forces to restore representative pick policy. Raoul Cedras and his relations went into banishment in Panama City. Aristide was rehabilitated to vigour.

1995: In Port-au-Prince, sub-war terror campaign includes defamation of Meireille Durocher Bertin.
1995: In Beijing, the wherewithal of town of the People's Republic of China, Haiti participated in the UN's Fourth World Conference on Women

1996:More than 5,000 Haitians had been killed and miles more than fled to abroad, United States, Canada, Bahamas and Dominican Republic, since 1991.

1998: Haitian corporate executive Renè Garcia Preval arrives in Taipei (Taiwan) for a four-day itemize call round. He and President Lee will intimation a communiqué to prop up bilaterally symmetric friendly relationship and solidarity.

1999: Dominican president Leonel Fernandez call on to Haiti as part of a new talks.

2002: In Paris, Dudley Dorival spent 3rd in the 110 hurdles at the World Championships. He becomes the 1st Haitian to win an various international palm since 1928.Dorival was foaled in New Jersey, United States, to Haitian parents on 1 September 1975. He in 2000 properly became a national of Haiti.

2000: Haiti is one of the cardinal worst countries in the Third World.

2000-2001: The elections were boycotted by the crucial resistance governmental parties. Aristide was once more elective President. Widespread knock-down-and-drag-out in Haiti aver that Aristide's vote success is deceitful. Total political counterintelligence exists in national media.

2004: This time period Haiti is celebrating the 200th Anniversary of their National Independence. President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti flees to Central African Republic succeeding anti-government demonstrations. Haiti has one of the peak angry conflict areas in the Americas. After, UN personnel conveyed to Haiti during courteous sub-war.

2006: Rene Preval is committed in as President of Haiti. Since the pacific conveyance of control in February, Haiti is the last political theory in the Third World.