smile for me. (:

what is haiti you say?

according to dictionary.com it's: A country of the West Indies comprising western Hispaniola and two offshore islands. Originally inhabited by Arawak Indians, the region became a French colony in 1697. Following a slave revolt led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, an independent republic was established in 1804 comprising the entire island of Hispaniola. The eastern part of the island revolted in 1843, forming the Dominican Republic. In the 20th century Haiti was ruled by a series of dictatorships, including the repressive regimes of François Duvalier and his son Jean-Claude, who was ousted in 1986. Jean-Bertrand Aristide became Haiti's first democratically elected president in 1991. Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city. Population: 7,041,000.

or the world atlas: One of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti has been plagued by political violence for most of its history. Over three decades of dictatorship followed by military rule ended in 1990 when Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE was elected president. Most of his term was usurped by a military takeover, but he was able to return to office in 1994 and oversee the installation of a close associate to the presidency in 1996. ARISTIDE won a second term as president in 2000, and took office early the following year.

or the travel information: Haiti is still in a mess. The poorest country in the Americas is still poorer than poor...the people are getting poorer, and the crime rate is getting higher. Foreigners in Haiti are targetted for assault, murder, and robbery. Forty per cent of Haiti's 8 million people have no access to healthcare, and 75 per cent have no access to family planning. One child in eight does not live past age 5.

why'd you skip all the information i gave you, blog?! -_- it takes TIME to copy and paste and type information for you. (time is more expensive than money.)

oh well. i forget. you're a VISUAL person, blog. here's a map if you want to see how it looks like. just go here: http://www.entrepreneur.com/ext/article/0,4621,305281,00.html

or here: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ha.html (that's the one timothy found but steph found everything else for me BECAUSE I DON'T KNOE HOW TO RESEARCH! *shriek*)

and according to dictionary.com haiti is pronounced hate but the a and e are exponents. so i don't really knoe how haiti is supposed to be pronounced. oh well. for the time being it's: hi ye tee.

-_- and i still don't even knoe where haiti is located, blog. i just knoe it's right above the caribbean sea.

i must prepare for my haiti speech for us history tomorroe, blog. (i have to remember to tell them that haiti is the poorest country there is--i think).