Over three decades of dictatorship followed by military rule ended in 1990 when Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected president. He was followed by his son Jean-Claude Duvalier, "Baby Doc", at the age of 19, in 1971. He was known for his army of sunglasses-clad volunteers, the Tonton Macoute. In 1957, Fran ois Duvalier, "Papa Doc", ruled the nation, becoming dictator in 1964. Haiti has since become the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and has been plagued by political violence and corrupt dictators for most of its history. In addition to this economic blow, in 1852 France demanded "reparations" to former slaveholders, amounting to 90 million gold francs (equivalent to $21.7 billion today). Threatened by this attack on slavery and colonialism, the United States and Western Europe instated sanctions against Haiti. Haiti then established the world's first Black republic, making a commitment to end all slavery everywhere. They defeated an army sent by Napol on Bonaparte and declared independence on January 1, 1804. On August 22, 1791, the slave population revolted, which led to a war of attrition against the French. It became one of the richest colonies in the 18th century French empire. In 1697 Spain ceded the western third of the Hispaniola - which was then called Saint-Domingue - to France. The island was eventually repopulated by the late 17th century with African slaves to work the sugar plantations. The Hispaniola's indigenous Arawak (or Ta no) population suffered near-extinction in the decades after Christopher Columbus's arrival in 1492. A former French colony, it was one of the first countries of the Americas, after the United States, to declare its independence History Haiti is a country situated on the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba. No matter what your Haitian Creole translation needs are, Translation Services USA can provide for them. We also offer services for Haitian Creole interpretation, voice-overs, transcriptions, and multilingual search engine optimization. In the age of globalization, you definitely would want to localize your website into the Haitian Creole language! It is a highly cost-effective investment and an easy way to expand your business! We can professionally translate any Haitian Creole website, no matter if it is a static HTML website or an advanced Java/PHP/Perl driven website. We have excellent Haitian Creole software engineers and quality assurance editors who can localize any software product or website. Our Haitian Creole translation team has many experienced document translators who specialize in translating many different types of documents including birth and death certificates, marriage certificates and divorce decrees, diplomas and transcripts, and any other Haitian Creole document you may need translated. Whether your Haitian Creole translation need is small or large, Translation Services USA is always there to assist you with your translation needs. Each translator specializes in a different field such as legal, financial, medical, and more. Our translation team consists of many expert and experienced Haitian Creole translators.
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