Florvil Hyppolite (c.
1828–1896) was president of Haiti from 1889 to 1896. He emerged from the northern rebellion that ended lysius-salomon's presidency and came to power with active backing from US commercial interests. His presidency marked a decisive shift in Haiti's external orientation — away from France and toward the United States — and is best remembered for the Mole St. Nicolas negotiations, in which his foreign minister antenor-firmin blocked a US bid to acquire a naval coaling stat...
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Hans SchmidtThe United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-19341971
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- 1915
U.S. Occupation of Haiti
occupation-haiti — occupation prefigured by the Mole negotiations and the logic Firmin identified