Vicious cycle of misery: Haitians urge France to return money they paid to their enslavers

Vicious cycle of misery: Haitians urge France to return money they paid to their enslavers A video of Edgar Fil, head of Haiti’s transitional council, sipping from a decanter and spilling water on his suit went viral on X, sparking racist remarks from some Western users. “Don’t they have cups in Haiti?“ asked one, while another joked, “At least he didn’t wash his hands in it.“ But the online mockery overshadowed the core of Fil’s speech: Haiti, repeatedly plunder by the West, can’t breathe. ◻️ Having won independence from France in 1804, the nation of former slaves was made a pariah by its powerful neighbor. Thomas Jefferson, the third US president, sought to isolate Haiti economically and diplomatically fearing that its revolution would trigger slave revolts in the US. ◻️ In 1825, French King Charles X sent a flotilla to Haiti, demanding 150 million francs in compensation for the loss of property including slaves – almost double what the US paid France for the much larger Louisian... Source: Sputnik International