PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced ...

After two centuries, a contrite tone from President Emmanuel Macron, though no talk of reparations for French actions that ...

France extracted a huge indemnity from Haiti, in exchange for recognition of its independence. This week marked the 200th ...

Two centuries ago this month, France pulled off one of history’s greatest armed extortions: After the first three leaders of a newly freed Haiti refused to cave in to hefty French demands to ...

A joint commission of French and Haitian historians will examine the contentious issue of the huge sum that Paris forced its ...

CLARENS SIFFROY / AFP Britain and France on Wednesday, April 16, pledged to maintain pressure on criminal gangs in Haiti via sanctions. The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti is ...

In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country US$21 billion. The reason? In 1825, France extracted a huge indemnity from the young nation ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marlene L. Daut, Yale University (THE CONVERSATION) In 2002, Haiti’s former ...

Marlene L. Daut, Yale University (THE CONVERSATION) In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country US$21 billion. The reason? In 1825 ...