Compare and Contrast Haiti and Suriname in terms of their political structure‚ their demography and language The Republic of Haiti (Ayiti)‚ occupies one third of on the Western side of Hispaniola and The Dominican Republic on the Eastern two thirds. Haiti is approximately 27‚750 square kilometers and is located 80km to the east of Cuba. Haiti‚ known as the “World’s First Black Republic”² has a population of 7‚ 482‚ 000 people³. The capital of Haiti is Port-au-Prince and it became an Independent
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The Haitian legal environment uses the French Napoleonic Code as a framework for developing laws. “Haiti adopted the French civil law system‚ including the French judicial structure and codification system. Six codes were enacted between 1825 and 1826: the Civil code‚ the Code of Civil Procedure‚ the Commercial Code‚ the Criminal Code‚ the Code of Criminal Procedure‚ and the Rural code. With minor changes‚ these codes resembled their French antecedents” (nyulawglobal.org). Haiti’s judicial system
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Haiti If you were to give people the option of traveling anywhere in the world‚ majority of people would choose beautiful vacation spots on exquisite beaches or breathtaking mountains. However‚ I am the opposite. If I was given a ticket that would take me anywhere in the world‚ I would choose to go to Haiti. Haiti has the highest percentage of orphans out of any country in the western hemisphere. The country is full of starving men and women who live lives that are unimaginable to many Americans
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Haiti Earthquake “People poured out into the streets‚ crying‚ carrying bodies…” (Addley 1) Haiti is one of the poorest countries and home to more than 2 million people. Haiti was not prepared especially since Port-au-Prince‚ their capital‚ has very poorly built construction on its buildings and houses. “Haiti is a poor country with lax building standards and high population density‚ which makes buildings more likely to crumble.” (Thompson 1) Due to the earthquake and all the damage that happened
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According to CBBC Newsround‚ it is estimated that seven and a half million acres of rainforests are being cut down each year. If everyone started planting trees‚ we could end deforestation. There are many causes of it‚ impacts‚ and alternatives to deforestation. First of all‚ there are a lot of causes of deforestation. According to the World Wildlife Fund‚ illegal logging plays a key role in it. When illegal logging happens it depresses the price of timber worldwide‚ which disadvantages companies
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The effects of Deforestation on Our Environment Deforestation can cause many societal and environmental problems which can make our lives on earth even more challenging. Some of these challenges include: loss of biodiversity‚ the destruction of forest- based societies and climatic disruption. According to the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio Janeiro‚ biodiversity may be defined as‚ “the variability among living organisms from all sources including‚ inter alia‚ terrestrial‚ marine and other
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Has globalization helped Haiti in handling the devastation of the earthquake? Haiti’s worst earthquake in two centuries hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince in 12 January 2010. Hundreds of buildings were damaged or destroyed‚ millions were relocated‚ thousands died. The BBC documental video “Surviving Haiti” showed how lives changed after the earthquake‚ how government was handling the situation and what measures were taken to help. As Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world‚ the
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Research notes for Geography final assignment: List of major earthquakes in Haiti • 1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake (18 October): According to French historian Moreau de Saint-Méry‚ "only one masonry building had not collapsed" in Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti’s capital city. • 1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake (3 June): The city was leveled in this magnitude 7.5 quake‚ which killed over 200 people. • 1783: A strong quake partially destroyed the church in Santiago.[1] • 1842 Cap-Haitien earthquake
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present day many people around the world can agree with rudder’s core sentiment‚ ’Haiti‚ I’m sorry’‚ even if they do not support his argument: "Toussaint was a mighty man/And to make matters worse he was black/Black and back in the days when black men knew/Their place was in the back/But this rebel‚ he walked through Napoleon/Who thought it wasn’t very nice/And so today my brothers in Haiti/They still pay the price.” Haiti represents the international opinion of independence‚ sovereignty and freedom
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January 12th 2010 4:53PM‚ the phone rang….Hispaniola whom which I call Haiti was bawling. Her heart‚ Port-au-prince‚ was completely ruined‚ she bleed and bleed and heard the bones intensively crashing brutally against each other until they converted into ashes. Her green dress metamorphosed into a white costume‚ her veins and arteries were ripped… she had no shelter. Once she realized that her brain was damaged‚ a depression impulsively engulfed her body and left her with nothing more than a reprieving
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