Farnham, Roger L

Invade Haiti, Wall Street Urged. The U.S. Obliged.

‘The Triumph of the Wolf’ An angry mob dragged Haiti’s president from the French Consulate and killed him in July 1915, part of the political upheaval Wall Street feared — and, some historians say, worsened by withholding money from the shaky Haitian government and seizing the gold. American troops occupied the country the same day. […]