Throughout its history, Haiti represents the epitome of poorly structured developing countries around the world. Furthermore, it has dealt with the same reoccurring situations and has failed to fix them, which only continues to hurt the Haitian people. As one of the poorest countries in the world, Haiti suffers various issues, such as corrupt government, health crises, and natural disasters. Corruption has proven to be a repeating trend in the Haitian government through its lack of a supporting leadership and vile dictatorship from its political officials. Haiti’s most infamous and cruel leader was Francois Duvalier, “Papa Doc”, who was best known for his human rights violations. An example of his horrendous deeds as president was when he would take mulattos and political dissidents and execute them maliciously. Unfortunately, after his reign, his son, known as “Baby Doc”, came into power and continued his father’s actions. Within the parliamentary government, the politicians are biased due to the fixed elections paid off by the Ministry of the Interior. Selfishly, these officials unthinkably stole from their country and people by embezzling money from the government treasury. “This means to say, in this country everything is money. There isn’t value in any other thing”(Gaston) Consequently, the actions of the government explain why Haiti has not developed into a functioning

Due to the faults in the Haitian government, there is a numerous amount of economic and social issues. Subsequently, Haiti’s lack of economic policy has forced them to rely on other nations for aid and protection. This country is heavily dependant on the donations of several generous charities and non-governmental organizations as well as the United Nations peacekeepers for supplying security. The combination of food riots, government instability, and a series of hurricanes has completely battered the economy. Epidemic is also very prominent throughout the country due to the poor living conditions. However, the most devastating event in Haiti’s history happens to be the 2010 7.5 earthquake, which killed more than 300,000 citizens. As a result, the quake left thousands of people homeless, wounded, or displaced. Unfortunately, post-disaster ideas have been overshadowed by the country’s eminent weakness (Haiti). Nevertheless, Haiti presently remains an unstable, poverty-stricken nation to this day. To say the least, the government has done very little to revive its economy and support its inhabitants. Even with its problematic social, political, and economic issues, Haiti represents a surviving but struggling country that is in dire need of reform and change.