{"id":23775,"date":"2025-04-17T08:58:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/2025\/04\/17\/non-categorise\/haiti-and-france-bicentenary-of-the-double-ransom\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T18:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T22:14:58","slug":"haiti-and-france-bicentenary-of-the-double-ransom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/haiti-and-france-bicentenary-of-the-double-ransom\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiti and France: Bicentenary of the “double ransom”. "},"content":{"rendered":" \n

This Thursday marks the bicentenary of France’s recognition of Haiti’s independence, an anniversary that reopens the debate on the “double debt”. <\/strong><\/p> \n \n

In 1825, King Charles X forced Haiti to pay 150 million gold francs in exchange for recognition of its independence, proclaimed in 1804 after a victory over Napoleonic troops. <\/p> \n \n

Without sufficient resources, Haiti went into debt with French banks, incurring exorbitant interest charges. <\/p> \n \n

This compensation, described by historians as a “ransom”, plunged the country into a spiral of poverty and underdevelopment. <\/p> \n \n

The last repayments were made in 1952. <\/p> \n \n

For Emmanuel Macron, who has announced a memorial project, it’s a question of “looking the colonial past in the face”. <\/p> \n \n

But in Haiti, this debt remains synonymous with injustice, having contributed to the country’s current instability. A painful legacy that continues to weigh heavily on Franco-Haitian relations. <\/p> \n \n

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 This Thursday marks the bicentenary of France’s recognition of Haiti’s independence, an anniversary that reopens the debate on the “double debt”. 
 
 In 1825, King Charles X forced Haiti to pay 150 million gold francs in exchange for recognition of its independence, proclaimed in 1804 after a victory over Napoleonic troops. 
 
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