Haitian Gendarmerie

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U.S. Marines invade Haiti and begin a nineteen-year occupation

📅 28 July 1915

Following the assassination of President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam, U.S. Marines landed in Haiti on 28 July 1915. The occupation brought U.S. control over Haitian finances and later created the...

U.S. Marines kill resistance leader Charlemagne Péralte

📅 31 October 1919

Charlemagne Péralte, a Haitian nationalist leader of the Caco resistance to U.S. occupation, was killed by U.S. Marines overnight on 31 October–1 November 1919. Sources differ in whether they date his...

U.S. Marines fire on a peasant demonstration at Marchaterre

📅 6 December 1929

At Marchaterre near Les Cayes, U.S. Marines opened fire on a peaceful peasant demonstration on 6 December 1929, killing between 12 and 22 people according to the Sciences Po Mass Violence and...