VOA Creole: Voltaire asks France to repay Haiti's independence debt

[Judi Lynn]

January 02, 2025 6:47 PM
By Wilner Bossou



Leslie Voltaire of Haiti's Presidential Transition Council addresses the the Summit of the Future during the U.N. General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2024, at U.N. headquarters.

The Haitian government on Wednesday celebrated the 221st anniversary of the country's independence. In his speech, Leslie Voltaire, president of the Presidential Transition Council, called for peace in the country and took the opportunity to ask France to repay the debt of independence and reparations for slavery.

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Google translation from Creole:

Haiti's 221st Independence Day: Voltaire Asks France to Repay Haiti's Independence Debt

January 02, 2025
Wilner Bossou



Archive Photo: Leslie Voltaire, President of the Transitional Presidential Council of Haiti, October 17, 2024.


The Haitian government celebrated yesterday, Monday, January 1, 2025, the 221st anniversary of the country's independence.

In a ceremony held in the presence of senior government officials, including Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé and the coordinator of the Presidential Transition Council, Leslie Voltaire, Haitian authorities commemorated Haiti's independence day in the capital.

In his speech, architect Leslie Voltaire called for peace to be established in the country so that the people can breathe a sigh of relief from the acts of brigandage that are taking place in the country.

Leslie Voltaire reports that the state is at war with gangs that are wreaking havoc in the country and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes.

The KPT coordinator says his patience is running out.

On the other hand, Leslie Voltaire took the opportunity to ask France to repay the debt of independence and reparations for slavery.

We would like to emphasize that the government did not make the trip to the independence site, Gonaives, for the ceremony of honoring ancestors and commemorating independence.

The ceremony took place in Vilacadey, in the capital, Port-au-Prince.

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[Easterncedar]

1. The brutal injustice of that levy reeks to heaven

The US was complicit. Haiti’s suffering is down to France and the US.