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The sad bicentennial of a once fabulous sugar colony

机译：一度令人难以置信的糖殖民地的悲伤的百年纪念

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On January 1st 1804, Haiti became the world's first independent black republic, after a successful 12-year revolt by slaves, inspired by Jacobin principles, ousted the French from what was then a fabulously rich sugar colony. But the bloody and destructive independence war helped to blight the fledgling republic. So did misgovernment. On independence day in 1904, President Rosalvo Bobo told his countrymen that he was "tired...of our stupidities" and lamented "a century of slavery of negro by negro". He urged Haitians to mend their ways, so that by January 1st 2004 their descendants might have something to celebrate on their country's bicentenary. But now Haiti finds itself contemplating a second wasted century. It is the poorest country in the Americas (80% of its 7.5m people are poor); it leads the region only in AIDS, malnutrition and infant mortality. Yet its current president, Jean-Ber-trand Aristide, is unlikely to be as penitent as Bobo. Mr Aristide, a former Catholic priest midway through his second term, doesn't do self-criticism. He sees the bicentenary as a showcase for Haiti's achievement of democracy and political tolerance after decades of dictatorships.
机译：1804年1月1日，在受雅各宾原理的启发下，奴隶成功进行了12年的反抗之后，海地成为了世界上第一个独立的黑人共和国。但是，血腥和破坏性的独立战争使这个刚起步的共和国陷入困境。管治也是如此。 1904年独立日，总统罗萨尔沃·波波（Rosalvo Bobo）告诉同胞，他“对……我们的愚蠢感到厌倦”，并对“黑人黑人被奴隶制的世纪”感叹。他敦促海地人改正自己的道路，以便在2004年1月1日前，他们的后代在其国家200周年庆典上可以庆祝一些事情。但是现在海地发现自己正在思考第二个浪费的世纪。它是美洲最贫穷的国家（750万人口中80％为贫困人口）；它仅在艾滋病，营养不良和婴儿死亡率方面领先该地区。然而，现任总统让·伯特·阿里斯蒂德（Jean-Ber-randrand Aristide）不太可能像波波（Bobo）那样pen悔。在第二个任期中期的前天主教神父阿里斯蒂德（Aristide）并没有进行自我批评。他认为两百周年纪念是数十年来独裁统治之后海地实现民主和政治宽容的展示。

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