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The US Left Haiti and the Nation Was Independent Again
In 1934, after 20 years of occupation, the US left Haiti and the nation was independent once more. The US still continued to control Haiti's public finances for decades - taking 40% of Haiti's national income to service debt repayments to the US itself and France. And the amount they eventually paid was equivalent to $20 and $30 billion in today's money.