1. Haiti is the Western Hemisphere's poorest country and thousands who cannot get visas to go elsewhere try to get to other Caribbean islands or North America.
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1. Haiti is the Western Hemisphere's poorest country and thousands who cannot get visas to go elsewhere try to get to other Caribbean islands or North America.
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5. In 2005, Haiti paid its arrears to the World Bank, paving the way for reengagement with the Bank.
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9. Haiti is the second oldest independent nation in the Western Hemisphere, after the United States.
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13. Haiti is positioned between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean and shares maritime borders with the Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, and Jamaica.
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14. Haiti is a sovereign state occupying the western three-eighths of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region.
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16. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and is ranked 149th of 182 countries on the Human Development Index.
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17. Haiti is shaped like a backward C In the north, a peninsula extends westward into the Atlantic Ocean for about 100 miles.
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19. Haiti has a total land boundary length of 360 kilometers, all with the Dominican Republic, and a coastline (Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea) of 1, 771 kilometers (1, 098 miles).
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22. Haiti is n a major transshipment point for South American narcotics, primarily cocaine, being sent to the United States.
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23. Haiti has consulates general in Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York.
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24. The US Embassy in Haiti maintains a list of attorneys willing to represent American clients.
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25. Haiti is a major transshipment point for South American narcotics, primarily cocaine, being sent to the United States.
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26. Haiti is one of the original members of the United Nations and several of its specialized and related agencies, as well as a member of the Organization of American States.
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27. Haiti is the world's oldest black republic and the second-oldest republic in the Western Hemisphere, after the United States.
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29. Haiti is located between the Atlantic Ocean in the north and the Caribbean Sea in the south; the Windward Passage and the Jamaica Channel connect the two bodies of water.
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30. Haiti is located in the western third of the island of Hispaniola, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the Dominican Republic to the east, and the Caribbean Sea to the south and west.
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31. Haiti has a bicameral legislature, the National Assembly, with a 30-seat Senate, whose members are elected to six-year terms, and a 99-seat Chamber of Deputies, whose members are elected to four-year terms.
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34. Haiti is part of an island located in the Caribbean; it occupies the western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic.
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35. Haiti has an area of 27,750 square kilometers, slightly smaller than Maryland.
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39. The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti was established in 2004, at the resignation of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to support the efforts of the transitional government.
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40. Haiti is bordered to the east by the Dominican Republic, which covers the rest of Hispaniola, to the south and west by the Caribbean, and to the north by the Atlantic Ocean.
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42. Haiti is known for its illegal drug business with its clients spread all over Central and South America, Europe and the United States.
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43. Haiti is the second oldest independent nation in the Western Hemisphere after The United States.
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44. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, and it is the third-largest country in the Caribbean.
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45. Haiti is in the western one-third of the island of Hispaniola between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.
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47. The Government of Haiti takes part in the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity taking place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from 17th to 29th of November 2018.
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48. Haiti has participated in the Olympic Games since the year 1900 and won a number of medals.
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50. Haiti is one of two independent nations in the Americas to designate French as an official language; the other French-speaking areas are all overseas departements, or collectivites, of France.
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51. In September 2009, Haiti met the conditions set out by the IMF and World Bank's Heavily Indebted Poor Countries program to qualify for cancellation of its external debt.
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52. In February 2012, Haiti signaled it would seek to upgrade its observer status to full associate member status of the African Union.
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60. On 27 September 1945, Haiti became a founding member of the United Nations.
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