Haiti Under the Yoke of Anti-Peasant Policies – Centre Tricontinental

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The history of Haiti can be seen as an antagonism between two agricultural models and the groups of actors that carry them. On the one hand, an extractive economy oriented towards export; and on the other, a peasant agriculture centered on the needs of the local populations. In this balance of power, the entire Haitian rural population is confronted with the ruling class and international actors. This opposition continues to replay itself throug…