CNN published this video item, entitled “‘This country is not able to feed itself’: Inside Haiti’s spiraling crisis” – below is their description.
Jean-Martin Bauer of the World Food Programme explains the dire situation that’s left more than a million Haitians food-insecure as gang violence escalates. #CNN #News
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines (later Emperor Jacques I), defeated Napoleon Bonaparte’s forces and declared Haiti’s sovereignty on 1 January 1804.
Haiti became the only state in history established by a successful slave revolt. Apart from Alexandre Pétion, the first President of the Republic, all of Haiti’s first leaders were former slaves.
The World Food Programme is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, the largest one focused on hunger and food security, and the largest provider of school meals. Founded in 1961, it is headquartered in Rome and has offices in 80 countries.
