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1987-Apr.

1987-Apr.: The closure of the HASCO sugar factory outside Port-au-Prince makes over 3000 workers redundant.

1987-Apr.: The closure of the HASCO sugar factory outside Port-au-Prince makes over 3000 workers redundant. This event exacerbated the economic crisis facing the capital’s growing urban population.

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