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Haitian designer Phelicia Dell of Vèvè Collections, showcases her Haiti-inspired fashion at the opening of the 2025 Haitian Heritage Cultural Month in North Miami Beach, Wednesday, April 30 ...
April 17, 2025, marks the 200th anniversary of that indemnity agreement. On Jan. 1 of this year, the now-former president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council, Leslie Voltaire, reminded France ...
In October 1806, following the assassination of Haiti’s first head of state, the country was split into two, with Alexandre Pétion ruling in the south and Henry Christophe ruling in the north.
The grim legacy of Haiti's 'double debt' France's demand that Haiti pay it an indemnity to compensate dispossessed French slave-owners when the nation became independent, 200 years ago, was the ...
French President Emmanuel Macron plans to mark the 200th anniversary of Haiti’s independence debt to France by announcing a series of initiatives. But will they be enough?
A portrait of Alexandre Pétion. Alfred Nemours Archive of Haitian History, University of Puerto Rico A facsimile of the bank note for the 30 million francs that Haiti borrowed from a French bank.
He was joined by Generals Henry Christophe and Alexandre Pétion. By Book Four: The Clash of Pétion and Christophe 1804-1820, readers will explore a new era for the new country of Ayiti.
The latter is the most firmly established; its first missionaries came in 1817 on the invitation of Haiti’s first president, Alexandré Petion.
While Haiti was isolated from the world, fictionalized accounts of its only monarch, Henry Christophe, were often written and repeated for political gains, a new book argues.
President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, and the President of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council, Leslie Voltaire, raised their right fists in a sign of freedom, accompanied by a painting ...
Read More 4 of 4 | Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, left, and Leslie Voltaire, the. president of Haiti’s Transitional Council, raise their fists with a painting of Simon Bolivar and Alexandre ...
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has no shortage of problems at home as a wave of violence endangers his peace accord. But he’s taking time to go visit Haiti raising eyebrows and hope.
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