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Old 08-01-2005, 08:53 PM
BonJoviJones BonJoviJones is offline
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Default Re: Why Does US Care About Haiti

When I want to know about some other country I use the CIA factbook. Seriously good stuff.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/ha.html

Scroll to the bottom and check out "Transnational Issues"

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Disputes - international:
since 2004, about 8,000 peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) maintain civil order in Haiti; despite efforts to control illegal migration, Haitians fleeing economic privation and civil unrest continue to cross into Dominican Republic and to sail to neighboring countries; Haiti claims US-administered Navassa Island


Illicit drugs:

major Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US and Europe; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial transactions; pervasive corruption

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Honestly I don't know, but those might be some clues. Nothing else under their 'natural resources' struck me.

Money laundering, drugs, etc certainly aren't unique to Haiti.
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