Billions of dollars leaving Haiti over 100 years to supply to France for their freedom. America would never have accepted that of their own to pay Britain for their own independence. That's not only been America's failure. For two centuries, the United States has broken commitments to Haiti. We occupied the country militarily from 1915 to 1934. We've propped up dictators, we've undermined democratic governance. We've stood aside while Haiti suffered engineered despair and destitution. (22:37–22:42)
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Asserts that the U.S. has a history of breaking commitments to Haiti over two centuries.
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