United States occupation of Haiti

Paul Farmer, is a book that truly captures and describes the epidemiology and history of HIV/AIDS in Haiti. Farmer’s immergence into the Haitian community during his research, alongside his educational background as a medical anthropologist and physician, contributed greatly to his approach of providing a deeply holistic understanding of HIV/AIDS in Haiti to the public for the first time (Farmer 2006:253). Through ethnographical, epidemiological and historical data, Farmer shows how the effects of social inequalities, such as racism and poverty, were the main contributors of how the suffering, illness, disease, and violence effects of HIV/AIDS were distributed amongst people in Haiti, and…

The United States occupation of Haiti lasted from 1915-1934 following the assassination of Haitian president, Vilbrun Sam. President Woodrow Wilson sent the marines to restore order and maintain economic and political stability. The United States had long interest in Haiti as a potential naval base. For that reason, Haiti’s stability concerned U.S. diplomatic and defense officials who feared the country’s instability might result in foreign rule. This paper explores letters written by…

In the book Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, author Mary A. Renda’s main thesis was how the idea of paternalism and the military occupation in Haiti not only affected the country itself, but also how it affected the culture and mindset of Americans. Throughout the book, the author uses various sources such as memoirs, journals, senate hearings, and personal accounts to show the effects of imperialism on both marines, artists, celebrities and from the people…

Haiti and the Dominican Republic Haiti and the Dominican Republic: two isolated countries divided by a border on one small island. The border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic breeds hatred, discrimination and racism stemming from a long, blood-filled history. Geographically close to one another, the countries remain psychologically separate, distinguished by an intangible boundary edified by the Dominican dictator Trujillo. Trujillo’s proclamations of antihaitismo and Dominican…

American Liberty. As in the Barbary wars, one of our primary reasons for entering the war was an aggressive strike from someone else. Which the Japenese provided with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Unlike in the sinking of the Lusitania, we were not warned by Japan at that moment. With the threats of Japan and Germany's NAZI horror machine, trying to create a new world order, We felt justified to go to war in which 19,733 Marines gave their lives. The next two wars were a failed attept to…

Over the 20th century both Cuba and Haiti have been affected by neocolonialism, colonialism, and imperialism, which have shaped the trajectories of these countries. The world has seen the power struggles these countries went through in order to become a sovereign nation. Various hierarchies of race, socio-economic status, and power played a role in each country’s development. There was an economic and governmental dependency on another country that affected both countries. However, each country…

With Night of the Living Dead, zombie movies established a metaphorical connection to the social and political commentary. The movie Night of the Living Dead incorporates political scenario of the time when the film was released. This was the period when leaders were assassinated, America was on verge of nuclear war, and the feminist movement was on the rise. The irony of the movie was that everyone else was killed by the undead, Ben, the last survivor, was shot dead by a police officer. The…

The United States occupied Haiti from 1915-1934. The period of American occupation in Haiti intended to bring positive change to the nation. One of their aims was to bring a democratic government to Haiti. The success at which the Americans achieve their goal is debatable. Though the American aim to bring an independently functioning Haitian government may seem well, that was not the whole picture of why the United States occupied Haiti. Today the political stability has not improved and is…

The height of American imperialism showcased when United Sates waged the Spanish-American war. The war transpired between the countries of Spain and the United Sates and linked by historians to America’s imperialistic expansion concepts. The war was known as “A Splendid Little War”, due to the short duration it took for the United Sates to defeat the Spanish. The war ended with 1898 Treaty of Paris, which compelled the Spanish to abdicate claims of Cuba, and surrender the sovereignty of Puerto…

decades, Haiti has been victim to a variety of horrific historical events: slavery, subjection to American occupation—and its cruelties—as well as the harsh rule of previous Haitian President, Jean-Claude Duvalier to name only a few. Due to the nature of Duvalier’s Presidency, several articles were published questioning Haiti’s sovereignty by various authors residing in Latin-America such as Edwidge Danticat and David Kroeker-Maus. In one particular article entitled, Should Haiti Relinquish its…