Haiti Political Issues

Current political issues is also a pattern of Haiti’s that continuously restricts its economy from growing. The Duvalier regime ended in 1986, which was subsequently followed by a series of unsuccessful political elections. In the four years following the regime decline in 1986, there were six different heads of state. This period of time was detrimental to Haiti’s economic activity. Money generated in the country began to decrease while the government started to focus its efforts on public works such as construction and defense. Throughout the 1980’s and 90’s Haiti’s GDP per capita was steadily decreasing. Then, in 1991, the U.S. imposed an embargo on Haiti which severely hurt Haiti’s assembly industry.