r/worldnews • u/Urmomsjuicyvagina • 28d ago

Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing ‘friendly relations Russia/Ukraine

https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/russian-warships-will-arrive-in-havana-next-week-say-cuban-officials-citing-friendly-relations/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_wsvn
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u/Cleaver2000 28d ago

Honestly, a Polish/Ukrainian force to get rid of the gangs in Haiti would be one of the few options that Haitians may feel generally good about. Poland and Haiti have a long friendship going back to the Haitian Revolution. 

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u/Flomo420 28d ago

I would like to know more

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u/LiveLifeLikeCre 28d ago

Haitian American here. I'd like to know more too. I know a lot of young nations supported Haiti in solidarity against colonizing world powers and etc, but poland is new to me. Were they even their own nation in the early 1800s?

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u/Renphligia 27d ago

I'm not Polish, but I'm a huge history nerd, and I gotta tell you that the Polish-Haitian story is really fascinating. The Wikipedia page has some more details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Haitians