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The divides are many.
We are the richest nation per capita in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti is the poorest.
We speak English. They speak Kreyol and French.
Our lives are aided (dominated?) by complex, ubiquitous technology. The EcoVillages don’t even have electricity.
We drive and walk fast. They walk everywhere at a relaxed amble.
We live in splendid isolation behind the walls of our houses, where most of the faces we see each day are on our devices. They live interlocked lives with their neighbors, with whom they collect water, raise large families and even share outhouses.
We demand security from police, EMTs, retirement funds, Social Security, warranties, contracts, and armies. They have no security except for the good will of their neighbors.
We grouse about pot-holes near us. The nearest paved road to the EcoVillages is 5 miles away.
We shop at Kroger, Publix, Your Dekalb Farmer’s Market, Sprouts, Whole Foods, depending on what specifically we want. Plus, we eat out a lot. They eat what can grow in their yard gardens.
We watch AcuWeather forecasts and movement of temperatures during the day. They pray for a safe hurricane season that doesn’t level their crops.
We are God’s Frozen Chosen, adhering to the rules of t
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History of Haiti
The recorded history of Haiti began in 1492, when the European captain and explorer Christopher Columbus landed on a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean. The western portion of the island of Hispaniola, where Haiti is situated, was inhabited by the Taíno and Arawakan people, who called their island Ayiti. The island was promptly claimed for the Spanish Crown, where it was named La Isla Española ("the Spanish Island"), later Latinized to Hispaniola. By the early 17th century, the French had built a settlement on the west of Hispaniola and called it Saint-Domingue. Prior to the Seven Years' War (1756–1763), the economy of Saint-Domingue gradually expanded, with sugar and, later, coffee becoming important export crops. After the war which had disrupted maritime commerce, the colony underwent rapid expansion. In 1767, it exported indigo, cotton and 72 million pounds of raw sugar. By the end of the century, the colony encompassed a third of the entire Atlantic slave trade.
In 1791, slaves staged a revolt which led to the Haitian Revolution. André Rigaud, leader of the revolution, forced the French to withdraw. When Toussaint Louverture declared independence in 1802, Napoleon sent an inva
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