The Long Legacy of Occupation in Haiti

July 28, 2015

American troops in Haiti in 1929. A hundred years after the U.S. occupation began the dsocupation has yet to come.

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Edwidge Danticat has contributed to The New Yorker since 1999. Her new novel is “Dèy” (August, 2026).

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