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1905

1905: United States minister W.

1905: United States minister W. F. Powell first proposed the idea of establishing an American-controlled bank in Haiti. This suggestion laid the groundwork for the New York City Bank to eventually gain control over the nation’s financial policy.

Source  ·  p. 145 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 145