Haiti is a beautiful yet broken country. If someone asked how to describe Haiti this was commonly how others and myself would describe the country. This past October-November‚ I was given an incredible opportunity to witness and experience Haiti myself. Haiti is deeply enriched in their culture and religion that is truly special. Haiti unfortunately lacks in sanitary‚ resources‚ and finances that takes away from Haitians being able to take care of their health. This country has gone through a lot
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like this contributed to the underdevelopment of Haiti? I also want to study how Haiti can maximize and develop their human resources in order to improve the quality of life. Lastly‚ how has mismanagement and lack of resources in Haiti contributed to the ecologically hazardous environment‚ such as the large scale of deforestation on the hillsides of Haiti. I am interested in how all of these different issues are interconnect and contribute to Haiti being the poorest country in the western hemisphere
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Most households in puerto rico have three people. They grow rice‚stewed beans‚meats.They use the same education as the U.S. Same as the U.S. 3‚725‚789 people live in the urban. Employment is regulation in puerto rico. They buy there food at restaurants‚ market‚ farms. Approximately 400‚000 people are affected by the rationing plans on the island with a total of 1‚230‚000 customers under AAA services. Water scarcity has a huge impact on food production. Without water people do not have a means
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Although self-determination would be beneficial‚ statehood for Puerto Rico may be the best option for its people. This is observed in an article made by PBS‚ “Like every other working American‚ they have the obligation to pay federal taxes. What they uniquely do not have is any votes in Congress or the right to vote for the President of the United States.” This quote shows how currently‚ despite being American citizens‚ Puerto Ricans do not have the ability to vote. This is incredibly unjust as they
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political climate I was living in was really strong. Officers were doing what they were suppose to be doing‚ and law wasn’t as chaotic as it is today. Despite the living situations some places of the world face today‚ people didn’t fear living. Unlike the Haitian citizens who struggled to survive in the past‚ it wasn’t necessary for me to put my life on the line in order to survive. The government successfully executed the enforcement of laws into the community. My living situations in my community
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landfall on the island of Puerto Rico‚ causing what has been characterized as the worst devastation to hit the island in decades. While the people of Puerto Rico attempted to recover‚ the issue of statehood has remained in limbo since the June 2017 referendum held in Puerto Rico to vote on the island’s current territorial status. This current referendum resulted in 97% of the residents that voted‚ to cast their vote in favor of statehood. The governor of Puerto Rico has been promoting statehood in
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Haiti Case Study Haiti is a small island‚ which is part of the Caribbean. It has a small population of around 10 million people. It is a very poor country with a GDP of 819.90. Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7 earthquake on 12th January 2010 causing devastation to the area due to the lack of preparation for such an event. The epicentre of the earthquake was just 25km away from the country’s capital‚ Port au Prince‚ meaning the most populated area in the country was hit. Haiti is situated on a
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other countries around the world. As Deo described the suffering in his village‚ I was brought back to my mission trip to Haiti‚ where my eyes were truly opened to the world of poverty for the first time. I went into the trip anticipating it would affect my life‚ but I had no idea how much I would truly be changed. The most evident connection between Burundi or Africa and Haiti was the devastating poverty that overwhelmed the country. Deo described the way many people lived in poverty and couldn’t
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Puerto Rico is "tropical paradise" (Mumford!). What most people don’t know is that Puerto Rico is an under developed U.S. commonwealth‚ and that like most places‚ it has very unfortunate locations. I believe that Puerto Rico unlike the U.S. has a lot of advancements to make‚ and that it should become a state. The first thing that should change is the school system. A public school system in the U.S. is currently what a private school in Puerto Rico can offer. Another problem in Puerto Rico is facilities
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Global economy is known as one of the most effective problems in Haiti‚ after all if Haiti had a great economic development the people in the country wouldn’t live in poverty with major critical issues. The Haitian government participates in many affairs such as free trade which are caused by globalization. The president knows that it is hurting the country but since these affairs benefits himself he does not worry much on how the citizen’s lives are being affected by globalization. Most of the country’s
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