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12 Mar 2024, 12:42 am

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljaze ... -president


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12 Mar 2024, 2:51 am

Looks like Haiti is another failed country, much like Somalia and Nigeria.

Sad.



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12 Mar 2024, 4:16 am

Fnord wrote:
Looks like Haiti is another failed country, much like Somalia and Nigeria.

Sad.

I wasn't aware that Nigeria was a failed country.


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12 Mar 2024, 4:31 am

Fnord wrote:
Looks like Haiti is another failed country, much like Somalia and Nigeria.

Sad.


Haiti was set on the road to failure after it forced its independence from the French, It was economically embargoed by the newly formed American colonies (as punishment for overthrowing slavery) and effectively left in a state of servitude ever since.



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12 Mar 2024, 4:38 am

MaxE wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Looks like Haiti is another failed country, much like Somalia and Nigeria.

Sad.

I wasn't aware that Nigeria was a failed country.


It's not. It has some of the largest number of start up companies in Africa and has the 2nd biggest economy in Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Nigeria



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12 Mar 2024, 4:40 am

Fragile States index:

Somalia 111.9
Yemen 108.9
South Sudan 108.5
DR Congo 107.2
Syria 107.1
Afghanistan 106.6
Sudan 106.2
Central African Republic 105.7
Chad 104.6
Haiti 102.9

From https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/fragile-states-index.


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12 Mar 2024, 4:48 am

MaxE wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Looks like Haiti is another failed country, much like Somalia and Nigeria.  Sad.
I wasn't aware that Nigeria was a failed country.
Wait for it.



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12 Mar 2024, 7:55 am

It is a mess.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67064819

Haiti: Where aid delivery depends on talking to 300 gangs

11 October 2023
By Vanessa Buschschlüter,
BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68466563

Haiti gangs: The spiralling power of criminal groups
8 days ago
By Vanessa Buschschlüter,
BBC News Online Latin America and Caribbean editor


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12 Mar 2024, 4:46 pm

MaxE wrote:
Fragile States index:

Somalia 111.9
Yemen 108.9
South Sudan 108.5
DR Congo 107.2
Syria 107.1
Afghanistan 106.6
Sudan 106.2
Central African Republic 105.7
Chad 104.6
Haiti 102.9

From https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/fragile-states-index.


The list is really not surprising given all of the above have been through non-stop civil conflict. Missing is Eritrea who lost a significant portion of their population due to war with Ethiopia and refugees. The hand of post-colonialism stains the legacy of all of those on this list.