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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Why is Haiti so poor?

1.Haiti use to export Coffee. But then the coffee prices went so low they couldn't get anymore money out of it.
2. The goverment went bankrupt when they used 150 mil frans to help france a long time ago but now that turned into 21 bil frans.
3. Someone came and taught them how to make charcoal and they began selling charcoal. They didnt' realize how much wood it took and then Haiti had suddenly no more trees so they couldn't sell the charcoal anymore.
4. In Haiti there is barely any marine life left due to the soil erosion. That means they can't sell fish.
5. Also used to export sugar. But then, the sugar prices also turned really low so they decided not to sell anymore.
6. Only around 50% of the adults in Haiti have enough education to have a good living and of that 50% only 30% are employed.
7. They also have a lot of earthquakes because of forest degredation and they use a lot of money on fixing the devestation the earthquakes cause.
8. When the Europeans came and invaded Haiti they brought death, misery and destruction a long with them.

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Anonymous helenac16108058 said...

This isn't exactly a comment on you post but I gotta say! Your blog is so COOL!!! When I scroll up and down, it seems like only the words are moving and the background stays the same!!! AWESOME!
:) Helena

January 27, 2010 at 7:35 AM  
Blogger Michael said...

Amalia, you've done this assignment very, very well. After reading it I feel so depressed. :-(

mh

January 27, 2010 at 11:54 AM  

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