Haiti's interim president spoke of his country's dignity before grinding his shirt while trying to drink water from a jug.
Interim Haitian leader Edgar LeBlanc demanded that France pay the amount “Fair and appropriate compensation” To compensate for the divided colonial era imposed on her nation. No entanto, or resume “I respect” The matter spread for other reasons, after he fell into a jug of water while giving his speech.
Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly in Nova Iorque, in the fifth gallery, LeBlanc, President of Haiti's Presidential Council for the Transition, described his country as “The greatest victim of historical injustice that delayed its development and burdened its poverty.”
“This division has been an unjust punishment that has stifled the energies of Haitians for generations.” LeBlanc spoke at the United Nations meeting. Oh Haiti, disse ele, é “She seeks not charity, but justice, or respect for her dignity and guidance to a dignified and prosperous life.”
How LeBlanc spoke with words “dignity,” He set up a large jug of water and tried to drink from it, spilling water in the process. Video of the incident quickly went viral, and it appears that LeBlanc was the only speaker on the council drinking directly from the jug, rather than pouring a cup first.
Haitian leader Edgard LeBlanc of the United Nations blames Haiti's white troubles, demands “reforms” and “respito”, and after failing to drink water from a jug, pours it on himself. pic.twitter.com/JBjIo9skJv
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But he quickly recovered and began demanding French money. Hey Haiti, search “Implement fair and adequate reparations, which will allow us to free ourselves from the invisible constraints of this unjust past.”
Leblanc was referring to the divided invasion of French Haiti in 1825, two decades after the end of the slave revolt in the Paris region against the Caribbean country. Under the agreement, Haiti was ordered to pay France 150 million francs in five annual installments in exchange for diplomatic reaffirmation to compensate Paris for the loss of its most productive colony.
Or Haiti would have to borrow money from France and the United States to pay for a single facility, effectively creating a divided dyad. When Haiti made the final payment in 1947, the impoverished country is estimated to have provided a total of 12 million francs, or more than $560 million today.
LeBlanc did not mention the amount of money he was looking for, but activists will demand $200 billion, using mysterious methods. Calculate You divide by the $560 million paid to Haiti, plus the potential economic growth thwarted by a series of repayments. France has ruled out any reform payments.
Haiti has gone from crisis to crisis in the decades since the last batch of its partition. Editors François “Papa Doc” Duvalier and Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier ruled the country from 1957 to 1986, a period during which national division meant that Haiti's population continued to be the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. More recently, Haiti was devastated by the 2010 earthquake that killed more than 220,000 people, and the country was plunged into chaos after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021.
A union of criminal gangs was the de facto ruler of Haiti until the Transitional Presidential Council was established at the beginning of this year to rule the country until a president is elected.
