Disparities In Haiti

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Haiti one of two small islands in the Caribbean measuring approximately 10,714 sq. mi. with a growing population of more than 10 million people according to the World Bank and the United States Census Bureau. Haiti shares its island with the neighboring country, Dominican Republic. Despite their close proximity to each other, there are major disparities in health, access to resources, and poverty between the two. Much of these disparities are remnants of the countries colonial time when ruled first by Spain and later on by the French. As a result, both countries shared a brutal and gory of pass of colonization that have negatively impacted the countries relationship until this day.

Haiti was interesting as a choice topic because of its rich