Haiti’s Natural Resources: Between the Myth of Hidden Wealth and the Reality of an Unexplored Treasure

Haiti’s Natural Resources: Between the Myth of Hidden Wealth and the Reality of an Unexplored Treasure

In the geopolitical imagination of the Caribbean, Haiti is often portrayed as a territory with an almost mythical mining potential. From the U.S. occupation of 1915 to contemporary debates about economic development, the narrative of a “country sitting on a gold mine” has been recurrent. However, the current reality is far from this fiction.