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Haiti
- 13 Mar 2024
- 1 min read
Recently, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced his intention to resign, once a transitional presidential council is created.
- About:
- It is located between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.
- It occupies the western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, sharing a border with the Dominican Republic on the eastern side.
- Haiti is also neighbored by Jamaica to the west and Cuba to the northwest.
- Official Languages: French, Haitian Creole.
- Major Mountain Ranges: Massif de la Selle, Massif du Nord.
- It is the world’s first independent Black-led republic.
- The nation underwent about two centuries of Spanish colonial rule and more than a century of French rule.
