Haiti

history-and-heritage

The Citadel of Haiti, commonly called the Citadelle Laferrière, is a mountaintop fortress in northern Haiti and one of the largest mountaintop fortifications in the Americas. B...

language

Haiti is a French-speaking nation because France colonized the western part of Hispaniola, imposed French as the language of administration and law, and established plantation e...

language-and-linguistics

French is spoken in Haiti because the country originated as a French colony, adopted French as the official language at independence, and continues to use it in government, educ...

animals

Haiti’s native animals include birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals that have evolved on the island of Hispaniola. These species inhabit dry forests, montane cloud forests...

comparative-profiles

This article provides a durable, fact‑based comparison of Dominican and Haitian identities, histories, cultures, and migration dynamics. It clarifies legal status questions, s...

history

The second independent republic in the Western Hemisphere was Haiti, which declared independence and became a sovereign republic on January 1, 1804, following the Haitian Revolu...