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Jørgen Leth skriver fra et Haiti, der står ved År Nul. Historierne, der er samlet i denne bog, følger Haiti gennem to dramatiske årtier, fra Jørgen Leth i 1991 står på den grønne plæne foran Aristides hvide præsidentpalads og føler sig som vidne til et magisk øjeblik, frem til jordskælvet, der i 2010 lægger nationen øde. En utrolig historie om overlevelse på trods af alle odds, om kup og modkup, diktatur, politiske intriger og blodige magtspil, fortalt med lige dele kynisme og hjertevarme.

On January 12, 2010, a major earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of people died, and the greater part of the capital was demolished. Dr. Paul Farmer, U.N. deputy special envoy to Haiti, who had worked in the country for nearly thirty years treating infectious diseases like tuberculosis and AIDS, and former President Bill Clinton, the U.N. special envoy to Haiti, had just begun to work on an extensive development plan to improve living conditions in Haiti.

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"Haiti in Minutes" describes the diverse aspects of Haiti, such as its CULTURE, CUISINE, MUSIC and HISTORICAL WORKS. It delves beyond politics and social issues, giving listeners a chance to learn of the various facets the small Caribbean country of 11.5 million possesses. The podcast is made for the Haitian-American who has not had the chance to discover Haiti outside of what the news has portrayed and is created by a Haitian who lives in America and dreams to share.

On this podcast, I talk about how Haitian- American millennials can make a difference in Haiti. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tras los embates producidos por la heroica Revolución Francesa en el siglo XVII, en la Isla caribeña de la Española, el territorio que abarca el actual estado de Haití, sufrió profundos cambios a causa de la explotación europea y los deseos de libertad del pueblo haitiano.

During the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, arguably the most radical revolution of the modern world, slaves and former slaves succeeded in ending slavery and establishing an independent state. Yet on the Spanish island of Cuba barely fifty miles distant, the events in Haiti helped usher in the antithesis of revolutionary emancipation. When Cuban planters and authorities saw the devastation of the neighboring colony, they rushed to fill the void left in the world market for sugar, to buttress the institutions of slavery and colonial rule, and to prevent "another Haiti".

In this sweeping history, leading Haitian intellectual Jean Casimir argues that the story of Haiti should not begin with the usual image of Saint-Domingue as the richest colony of the 18th century. Rather, it begins with a reconstruction of how individuals from Africa, in the midst of the golden age of imperialism, created a sovereign society based on political imagination and a radical rejection of the colonial order, persisting even through the US occupation in 1915.