It is an opportunity to confront the consequences of European colonization and enslavement and to call ... the bicentenary of the indemnity of a 150 million Francs imposed on Haiti by France as ...

French president Emmanuel Macron announced a joint commission to examine reparations for Haiti, but some are calling for ...

By Roger Cohen and Ségolène Le Stradic Reporting from Paris President Emmanuel Macron of France said on Thursday ... X recognized the independence of Haiti but demanded that its former French ...

French President Emmanuel Macron says it was an injustice imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity in ...

Jose Iglesias [email protected] 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 ...

After being exploited for decades by France, Haiti ended up forking over huge sums of money to its former colonizer. Now, the ...

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 ...

French President Emmanuel Macron says it was an injustice imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity in exchange for its independence from France PARIS -- French President ...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity to France in exchange for its independence ...

Haiti's struggle, in harmony with the ideals of the French Revolution, should have offered France and Haiti the opportunity to forge a common path," he continued. "Recognising the truth of history ...