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• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: May 12, 2015
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• Category : General News
• Description : By Cole Stangler @colestangler on May 10 2015 5:35 PM EDT
  
  Photo: François Hollande spoke at the inauguration of a memorial for slavery in Guadeloupe on Sunday. Reuters
• Location : Guadeloupe
• Website : http://www.ibtimes.com/francois-hollande-evokes-frances-debt-haiti-stops-short-reparations-1915791

Overview

• Speaking at the inauguration of a memorial and cultural center in Guadeloupe devoted to the history of slavery, French President François Hollande evoked France’s “debt” toward its former slaveholding colony of Haiti but also appeared to reject the idea of monetary reparations.
  
  “When I go to Haiti, I will, for my part, handle the debt that we have,” Hollande said to loud applause. But later in the same speech he cited a famous French Caribbean writer’s objections to financial reparations.
  
  After stopping in the French overseas territories of Guadeloupe and Martinique, Hollande is slated to visit Cuba on Monday and Haiti on Tuesday.
  
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