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Very interesting question. Back in the 1960′s or 1970′s most baseballs used in the American National league were made in Haiti. You would think that many Haitians would be baseball players, playing in Major League Baseball.

That is not the case. In the meantime, on the other side of the island, the Dominican Republic, many are making a fortune playing the game.

According to history, it has everything to do with the American occupation of 1915. Unlike American invasions in other countries that were relatively brief, the Haitian occupation lasted 19 years and was brutal. The Haitians were not interested in anything that was American at the time and instead played soccer.

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Here is a picture of Dr. Yvette Bonny. She is one of the a greatest Haitian intelligentsia figure. She has been honored for her achievement in teaching and her outstanding services to the medical community. The Haitian-Canadian physician, Dr. Yvette Bonny Dr. Yvette Bonny was the first doctor in Quebec to complete successfully bone marrow transplant.

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The same way the people from the North of Haiti have their Cashews in almost everything they cook and those in the South have do not chew as they swallow their Tomtom, People in the region of Artibonite are famous for Lalo legume fey.
This is a very healthy Haitian dish eaten with white rice and beans. The greens or as it is stated in Haitian Creole. "Fey" included in making lalo, are: watercress and purslane. Here are the ingredients you need to make Lalo Legume Fey: Mixed fresh greens torn to pieces, Fresh pork, Crab legs, Vegetable Oil, Pepper and Salt.

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On August 24, 2003, an aircraft from Tropical Airways that left the city of Cap-Haitian to Port-de-Paix crashed and burned in a sugar cane field shortly after takeoff. Many people who watched the airplane as it started having difficulties reported that saw smoke coming out of the front door of the aircraft just before the crash

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Here is a picture of the Uruguayan CASA212 aircraft that went down west of the town of Fonds-Verrettes in Haiti in May 2007.

The crash killed 11 U.N. peacekeepers who were Uruguayan and Jordanian military personnel. Two U.N. helicopters were able to land near the site and all 11 bodies were recovered and transported to the Haitian Capital, Port-au-Prince

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A small private plane crashed in the early morning of Tuesday near the Maro River not far from the city of Jeremie, Haiti. Two people died in the accident, reported the Haitian authorities. The National Office of Civil Aviation (OFNAC). Haitian authorities have not yet been able to identify either the airline company or the number of people killed; however, according to Radio Caraibes, there are no survivors.

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It was quite a close call for the Martelly's team when this weekend. A helicopter carrying Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, Interior Minister Thierry Mayard Paul, and Foreign Minister Laurent Lamothe made an emergency landing in the hills above Port-au-Prince Haiti.

According to Haiti Radio Kiskeya, the helicopter landed in Petion-Ville due to the heavy Kenskoff fog. Prime Minister Garry Conille and his team was on his way home after a meeting with President Michel Martelly.

Interestingly enough, this happened soon after a tragic Helicopter crash happened in Mexico that took the live of Mexican Interior Minister, his Deputy Interior Minister, and six other passengers. The Haitian President has just send his condolences to the government of Mexico

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This is a presentation of a typical independence Day in Haiti where we all Haitians will drink the Independence Soup Joumou.

This is a uniquely Haitian tradition dated back to our history during the French colonization of Saint Domingue.

Many brave and zealous Haitians died by fighting for the independence of Haiti hoping that one day they would be free.

When the French were in control, they were the only people who could eat soup because they were in the upper class. Blacks weren't allowed.

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After his arrest, Nelson Mandela was transferred from Pretoria to the prison on Robben Island. he remained in that prison for 18 years in isolation. his prison cell measured 8 feet (2.4 m) by 7 feet (2.1 m), with a straw mat on which to sleep. He received on a regular basis verbal as well as physical harassment by white prison guards during his stay. he would spend his days breaking rocks into gravel, until being reassigned in January 1965 to work in a lime quarry

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Here is a picture of the leader of the ANC, Nelson Mandela in Jail.

On 5 August 1962, Mandela was captured by the South African Police near Howick and put in jail. He was charged with inciting workers' strikes and leaving the country without permission. His hearing began on 15 October, but nothing was ordinary in this trial. Nelson Mandela was wearing a traditional kaross during the trial while refusing to call any witnesses, and turning his plea of mitigation into a political speech.

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