re: State Department evacuating non essential personnel out Haiti.

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Is Haiti being a disfunctional state still France's fault?

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In a way, yes.

France and Spain split the island of Hispaniola. They both shipped in workers to fill out their sugarcane plantations. The Spanish brought in a mix of Spaniards, common criminals, and indigenous people from throughout the Americas.

The French brought in Africans.

And that, as they say, is that.