Haiti Earthquake Research Paper

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Lissette Mercedes
Gandhi
Ms. Stephanie
Humanities 3
April, 28 2016

Consequences of the earthquake in Haiti

Do You know that Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world and when passing the 2010 earthquake Haiti went into an economic crisis. This event caused Haitian people lose their job because all places were destroyed also caused more diseases such as cholera and many of them began to immigrate to other countries. I would like all this was resolved so that with help from other mainly with the help of the neighboring country Dominican Republic so that together we can make a change.

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when Haitians began arriving in the Dominican Republic they were more concentrated in sugarcane because it was what was on the border. Currently it is estimated that the current number of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic is 1,378,000 Haitians. Although most Haitians live in the bateyes residents and tend to work in the sugar industry. “The rapid growth of the sugar industry century was a key factor for these began to settle in this nation in small communities called batey” Haitian workers operating experience extreme degree. Work in the sugar industry is defined as brutal. working in that condition Haitians found in Dominican Republic because as most of them come without documents can not get easy jobs and also because many Dominicans do not want to Haitians in the country for reasons I still do not understand.

“the causes of immigration of Haitians to the Dominican Republic Haitians have been coming to the Dominican Republic trying to escape the social problems encountered in his native country, the Republic of Haiti. In Haiti the principal social problem that occurs throughout the territory is racial discrimination and poor income distribution. Although most Haitians are black, 95% to be more specific” that means that among themselves are discriminated for being

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