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Originally Posted by sopas ej
The US invaded and occupied Haiti for much of the early 20th Century; the occupation didn't end until the 1930s, I think.
The US invaded Haiti again in the 1990s. There's plenty of literature out there in regards to how the US has continued to screw Haiti over.
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Yeah, just read up on that. Apparently the US did not want Germany to gain influence in the Caribbean. A lot of German economic elites were in Haiti and some even intermarried into the elite class.
Essentially, the US got involved for roughly the same reasons we got involved in the Middle East and the Cold War. And the sad thing about it was that Woodrow Wilson forced the Haitians to accept a constitution that allowed foreigners to own land and property. Wondered what stopped them from just annexing the whole place and the Caribbean in general. Florida would probably be an afterthought for retirees and snowbirds if that happened.