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The Creole Pig: Haiti's Great Loss
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In the 1980s, a swine flu crossed the Haitian-Dominican border and started to affect the Creole pig, an important commodity in Haiti. The flu also threatened livestock in the United States. As a preemptive measure, the USAID in conjunction with the Haitian government proceeded to exterminate all Creole pigs from the island, leading to a crushing economic blow for an already impoverished country.
#endemic disease#intervention in a foreign country#haitian community#resource based economy#farmers#swine flu#haitian-dominican border#haitian government#haitian united states relations#african swine flu#u.s. department of agriculture#us intervention#economic depression#economy#haiti#politics#extinction#1980s#livestock#pigs#rural
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Dudley Alexis
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