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The trees have long been stripped from the hills on the Haitian side of the border with the still-forested Dominican Republic. Photograph: James P. Blair/National Geographic/Getty Images
The trees have long been stripped from the hills on the Haitian side of the border with the still-forested Dominican Republic. Photograph: James P. Blair/National Geographic/Getty Images

A divided island: the forces working against Haiti

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Why does Haiti have it so tough compared with its neighbour, the Dominican Republic? Jared Diamond explains

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