French president Emmanuel Macron announced a joint commission to examine reparations for Haiti, but some want action.

Jose Iglesias jiglesias@miamiherald.com Two centuries ago this month, France pulled off one of history’s greatest armed extortions: After the first three leaders of a newly freed Haiti refused ...

There was no indication that France would offer Haiti any financial reparations. The announcement comes almost three years after The New York Times published “The Ransom,” the result of a 14 ...

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In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country US$21 billion. The reason? In 1825, France extracted a huge indemnity from the young nation ...

Two centuries ago this month, France pulled off one of history’s greatest armed extortions: After the first three leaders of a newly freed Haiti refused to cave in to hefty French demands to ...

Haiti's struggle, in harmony with the ideals of the French Revolution, should have offered France and Haiti the opportunity to forge a common path," he continued. "Recognising the truth of history ...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity to France in exchange for its independence ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced he intends to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's history with its former colony and its impact on the country's development ...

Haitians’ successful struggle for freedom, he added, “was in harmony with the ideals of the French Revolution and should have enabled France and Haiti to strike a common path.” His statement ...