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==History==
==History==
Columbus reached Haiti in 1492; the local natives soon died out from new diseases. France set up a colony in 1697 and created the richest sugar-producing colony in the world, using African slaves who were worked to death. In 1791 the slaves revolted--the world's first successful slave revolt--killed the whites and mulattoes, and under [[Toussaint L'Ouverture]] became the first black republic. [[Napoleon]] sent an invasion army that was devastated by disease, and in 1804 Haiti secured its independence--the second country in the Americas to gain its independence.
Columbus reached Haiti in 1492; the local natives soon died out from new diseases. France set up a colony in 1697 and created the richest sugar-producing colony in the world, using African slaves who were worked to death. In 1791 the slaves revolted--the world's first successful slave revolt--killed the whites and mulattoes, and under [[Toussaint L'Ouverture]] became the first black republic. [[Napoleon]] sent an invasion army that was devastated by disease, and in 1804 Haiti secured its independence--the second country in the Americas to gain its independence.
Immediately following independence, France refused to recognise Haiti as a country and other countries also enforced trade embargos. Recognition came in 1825, but only at a cost of 150million [[franc]]s; repayments on this debt had an enormous effect on the new country's economy, leading to widespread poverty from which the country has never recovered.<ref>[http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=haiti_536 History Commons]</ref>
==Society==
==Society==
About 80% of the population lives in wretched [[poverty]], and Haiti is the poorest country in the western hempisphere.<ref>http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/LACEXT/HAITIEXTN/0,,contentMDK:21040686~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:338165,00.html</ref>
About 80% of the population lives in wretched [[poverty]], and Haiti is the poorest country in the western hempisphere.<ref>http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/LACEXT/HAITIEXTN/0,,contentMDK:21040686~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:338165,00.html</ref>