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Haitian Debt—A Country 'Cannot Spend More Than 122 Years Paying': Burkinabé Political Analyst
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Haitian Debt—A Country 'Cannot Spend More Than 122 Years Paying': Burkinabé Political AnalystThe debt of 150 million gold francs (approximately $27 million)... 30.04.2026, Sputnik Africa
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Haitian Debt—A Country 'Cannot Spend More Than 122 Years Paying': Burkinabé Political AnalystThe debt of 150 million gold francs (approximately $27 million) imposed by the former French colonizer has crippled Haiti, Iba Karim, a former Burkinabé MP, told Sputnik Africa."You can't spend years paying a debt that represented about 300% of Haiti's GDP at the time. You don't invest; you don't invest in education, in infrastructure, or in development. Haiti remains the poorest country in the Americas because of this debt," he noted.Without this debt, Haiti might have experienced the development of the Dominican Republic or Cuba, the expert added.AI-generated video
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Haitian Debt—A Country 'Cannot Spend More Than 122 Years Paying': Burkinabé Political Analyst
The debt of 150 million gold francs (approximately $27 million) imposed by the former French colonizer has crippled Haiti, Iba Karim, a former Burkinabé MP, told Sputnik Africa.
"You can't spend years paying a debt that represented about 300% of Haiti's GDP at the time. You don't invest; you don't invest in education, in infrastructure, or in development. Haiti remains the poorest country in the Americas because of this debt," he noted.
Without this debt, Haiti might have experienced the development of the Dominican Republic or Cuba, the expert added.
