[VIDEO] These two nations are on the Carribbean or West Indies island of Hispanola. But were European colonies of both France & Spain at one point in their history. We get the history of Indigenous Americans on the island, most of the Taino people died not from conflict with the Spanish colonists, but from unfamiliar diseases.
We learn the Dominican Republic is doing far better economically than Haiti, is more stable politically, is more forested, and is more ethnically diverse. And I didn't know Haiti held the whole island of Hispanola at one point.
Here's another video that explains some of the vast differences between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Why is one so desperately poor while the other is so much more prosperous?
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