Republic of Haiti
Caribe
Resilient · Spirited · Vibrant
Haiti was the first Black republic in the world and the first Caribbean nation to gain independence (1804), following the only successful slave revolt in history that led to founding a nation.
Más allá de la capital, las principales ciudades son Cap-Haïtien, Gonaïves, Les Cayes — cada una un centro de cultura regional, economía e historia. Port-au-Prince was largely destroyed by the 2010 earthquake that killed approximately 230,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless — a disaster so comprehensive that it revealed not just seismic vulnerability but the accumulated structural vulnerability of a capital where colonial-era city planning, US occupation infrastructure, and post-dictatorship improvised urbanism had created a city designed to fail under stress.
Los principales idiomas hablados son Haitian Creole, francés, que reflejan el patrimonio cultural del país y abren puertas a una amplia comunidad internacional. Internacionalmente, Haití se contacta mediante el código +509. Haitians established the only successful slave revolt in history — the 1791-1804 Haitian Revolution that created the world's first Black republic — and were made to pay for that achievement, with France extracting 150 million francs in reparations (acknowledged as a legitimate debt by Haiti until 1947) that international economists calculate cost Haiti approximately $21 billion in 2004 values.
Haití comparte sus fronteras con República Dominicana. El tráfico rodado circula por la derecha, en consonancia con la convención de
La vida económica y cotidiana se rige por la zona horaria de UTC-05:00, alineando el país con sus vecinos regionales.
Griot — pork fried until crispy outside and moist inside, marinated in sour orange and herbs — with rice and djon djon (black mushroom rice, a preparation unique to Haiti using indigenous Haitian black mushrooms that colour the rice an extraordinary purple-black) represents Haitian cuisine's blend of West African, Amerindian, and French influences into something recognisable as none of its sources.
Football is Haiti's primary sport, with the national team's 1974 World Cup qualification (Haiti's only appearance) producing the moment when Emanuel Sanon scored against Italy's legendary goalkeeper Dino Zoff — the first goal conceded by Italy in World Cup history — a moment celebrated across 50 years as proof of Haitian sporting capability in the face of every structural disadvantage.
Pic la Selle at 2,680 metres is Haiti's highest peak, part of the Massif de la Selle mountain range where the country's remaining primary forest survives in a nation that has lost 98% of its forest cover to charcoal production and agricultural clearing — making Haiti's mountain conservation areas among the most ecologically critical small territories in the Caribbean.