S1E23: Haiti’s Exceptionalism - From A Black Nation’s Triumphant Revolution to Despotism & Foreign Interference.

After the assassination of Pres. Jovenel Moïse, Prof. Fatton describes the world's reaction to the independence of a black nation.

Haiti continues to be on American news. The country's stability is at issue, and America has declined the request of Haiti's government to send troops. But many Haitians don't want American troops in their country, no doubt because of the long history of foreign interference in Haiti's domestic affairs.

To better understand this history, we spoke with Robert Fatton Jr. He is an award-winning Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia, and the author of many books on various aspects of Haiti's history, including one that was published this year.

Here is the link to Professor Fatton's academic homepage, which includes a list and links to his many publications: https://politics.virginia.edu/people/profile/rf/

In addition, below are links to other interesting episodes:

S2E35: Puerto Rico's history, Dr. Jorge Dunay
S2E32: Haiti's Women & History, Dr. Mark Schuller
S2E24: Cuba's history & revolutions, Dr. Lillian Guerra

I hope you enjoy these episodes.

Adel

Host of the History Behind News podcast

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