The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12‚ 2010 significantly deepened existing challenges and created massive reconstruction needs for a country that was already the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. In spite of the enormity of the task‚ three years after the earthquake‚ much has been done by Haitians and the Haitian Government‚ in partnership with CSOs‚ the private sector‚ and the international community. Of the 1.5 million internally displaced people‚ nearly 1.2 million have
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The Market revolution was an economic transformation‚ a scene of the innovation of transportation such as the; steamboat‚ man-made canals‚ railroad and communication such as the telegraph. Steamboats “helped to bring economic development to the trans Appalachian west”‚ up the Erie Canal the world’s largest man-made waterway that connected the region around the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Coast via the Hudson River. The railroads opened vast new areas of the American interior for settlement while
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"On January 1‚ 1804‚ Haiti declared independence‚ becoming the second independent nation in the West and the first free black republic in the world" ("History‚ par 11). This triumph followed the long and violent Haitian slave revolution in which Haiti‚ specifically the island of Saint Dominique suffered from. After the enlightenment the Rights of Man act provided equality among all Frenchmen‚ including blacks and mulattos. Fury rose in the plantation owners and they eventually got the act retracted
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According to The Hunger Project ‚”Every 10 seconds‚ a child dies from hunger-related diseases.” Haiti has become the Northern Hemisphere’s poorest country‚ leaving Haiti in hunger (Farrell). So many adults and children are victims of hunger in Haiti‚ we can no longer just sit and do nothing about this horrific event‚ we as a country need to stand up and help these people. In 2010‚ a massive earthquake hit Haiti‚ demolishing everything‚ including markets and warehouses (Katz). There was $31 million in
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Caribbean Studies notes Module 1 Caribbean society and culture Location of the Caribbean Greater Antilles: Cuba‚ Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic)‚ Jamaica‚ Puerto Rico Lesser Antilles: * Windward islands: Grenada‚ St. Vincent‚ St. Lucia‚ Guadeloupe‚ Dominica‚ Martinique * Leeward islands: Antigua and Barbuda‚ St. Kitts-Nevis‚ Montserrat‚ Anguilla‚ Virgin islands Netherland Antilles: Aruba‚ Bonaire‚ Curacao (ABC"islands); Saint Marten‚ Saba‚ St. Eustatius Mainland Territories:
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third of the island‚ which later became Haiti. The other two thirds of the island is also known as the Dominican Republic. The island itself can be compared to the size of the state Maryland. According to The Central Intelligence Agency (2013)‚ 95% of the population’s Haiti’s race is black and the other 5% is mulatto or white. The wealthiest people tend to be lighter-skinned or white. The languages two main languages Haitian’s speak is French and Creole. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western
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Haiti‚ a name that means "mountainous country‚" is acquired from the language of the Taino Indians. Tainos are people that used to live before European colonization. The language spoken by many people is Kreyol‚ whose pronunciation and vocabulary are derived largely from French‚ however whose syntax is like that of other creoles. Furthermore‚ the adoption of a new constitution in 1987‚ Kreyol was given official status as the primary official language. Some elements of African cultures survive‚ such
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Music in the Caribbean The genre of Caribbean Music encompasses a diverse variety of musical styles and traditions from islands that are located in the Caribbean Sea and it represents something that is simple‚ exotic yet rich and wonderful. The styles range anywhere from traditional folk genres such as the Puerto Rican aguinaldo and Jamaican mento to more contemporary music such as salsa and reggae. They are each syntheses of African‚ European‚ Indian and Indigenious influences‚ largely created
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CARIBBEAN POLITICS and SOCIETY Caribbean Integration Rationale for Integration. The Caribbean remains fragmented both economically and politically as a result of competition and conflict among the European powers. Fragmentation is in part the product of a long history as separate colonies of a metropolitan power or powers. It is also in part the psychological effects on people of separation by sea. The case for regional integration is both simple and irrefutable. First we are small and we need
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Freedom of speech and press‚ equality before the law‚ right to property and security‚ and the separation of Church and State. All of these things we take for granted as our fundamental rights but until the French Revolution‚ these concepts were rare in most nations. The Revolution helped spread ideas of democracy through inspiring fear in the hearts of monarchs running absolutist governments as well as through the birthing of documents like the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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