On 7 April 2003, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide publicly demanded that France return the money Haiti had been compelled to pay after independence. The demand placed the 1825 indemnity and its later financing at the center of a modern diplomatic argument: Haiti’s freedom had been recognized at a price imposed by the former colonial power. A contemporary report described the demand as an estimated $21.7 billion claim; that figure is a political and historical calculation, not a settled court award.
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What did Aristide demand from France on 7 April 2003?
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The demand centered on return of the indemnity paid after independence.
Aristide’s 2003 demand concerned money Haiti had been compelled to pay after independence.
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The demand targeted restitution of the indemnity imposed after Haiti’s independence.