Kidnapped Sovereignty: Haitian hunger and poverty as sociopolitical constructions of foreign actors

Abstract

Hunger and poverty in Haiti can be seen from the economic problems, political wars, international interference, and the high monetary sum paid for the country's independence in 1825 to France.  These conjectures have contributed to the actual situation, a country immersed in political, economic, and social crises. The objective of this article is to analyze the evolving and definitive permanence of hunger from the perspective of external intromissions in Haiti. This article is a theoretical discussion of the essay type. The main ideas used for its construction were the following authors: Fleischmann Ulrich, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Ricardo Seitenfus. Amartya Sen, Vanessa Braga Matijascic; Susan Stanford Friedman, Frantz Rousseau Déus, Arturo Escobar, Mohammed Ayoob e Jean-Bertrand Aristide. It was concluded that the Haitian people and Haitian institutions must deal with their daily problems without any outside interference and reinforce the commitment to respect the sovereignty of an independent country.