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U.S. invades and occupies Haiti − in 1915 By G. Dunkel posted on July 15, 2021 This slightly edited article was originally published in Workers World/Mundo Obrero, August 3, 2015. The United States began its military occupation of Haiti over a century ago, sending an armed force ashore on July 28, 1915, just south of Port-au-Prince. Somewhat earlier, a raiding party of U.S. Marines stole Haiti’s gold reserve of about $500,000 and turned it over to First National City Bank in New York now Citibank. One of the cacos, armed peasant guerillas who revolted against U.S. occupation of Haiti from 1915 through 1921. Haitians on the island and in its diaspora have been fighting for over 200 years to resist forces of colonizing enslavement, imperialist racism and capitalist exploitation.

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