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  2. Haiti–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    United States. Haiti–United States relations are bilateral relations between Haiti and the United States. Succeeding U.S. presidents refused to recognize Haiti until Abraham Lincoln. The U.S. tried to establish a military base in Haiti and invaded. It withdrew in 1934 but continued to intervene in Haiti during subsequent decades.

  3. United States occupation of Haiti - Wikipedia

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    The occupation was costly for the Haitian government; American advisors collected about 5% of Haiti's revenue while the 1915 treaty with the United States limited Haiti's income, resulting with fewer jobs for the government to assign.

  4. Operation Uphold Democracy - Wikipedia

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    Operation Uphold Democracy was a multinational military intervention designed to remove the military regime led and installed by Raoul Cédras after the 1991 Haitian coup d'état overthrew the elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The operation was effectively authorized by the 31 July 1994 United Nations Security Council Resolution 940 .

  5. Haiti - Wikipedia

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    Haiti, [ b] officially the Republic of Haiti, [ c][ d] is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. [ 17][ 18] Haiti is the third largest country in the Caribbean, and with an ...

  6. Garry Conille - Wikipedia

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    Garry Conille ( French pronunciation: [ɡaʁi kɔnij]; born 26 February 1966) is a Haitian academic, development worker, author, and the current acting prime minister of Haiti since 3 June 2024. He previously served as the Prime Minister from 2011 to 2012, submitting his resignation on 24 February 2012, and being officially succeeded by Laurent ...

  7. United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti ( French: Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti ), also known as MINUSTAH, an acronym of its French name, was a UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti from 2004 to 2017. It was composed of 2,366 military personnel and 2,533 police, supported by international civilian personnel, a ...

  8. Government of Haiti - Wikipedia

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    The government of Haiti is a semi-presidential republic, a multiparty system wherein the President of Haiti is head of state elected directly by popular elections. [ 3] The Prime Minister acts as head of government and is appointed by the President, chosen from the majority party in the National Assembly. Executive power is exercised by the ...

  9. Armed Forces of Haiti - Wikipedia

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    The increasing American interest in Haiti prompted the United States Navy to deploy to the country's ports fifteen times between 1876 and 1913 in order to protect American lives and property, and the United States Marines to occupy the whole country from 1915 to 1934. The Haitian Navy was created in 1860 with the commissioning of a single gunboat.