Perhaps there are even more fundamental factors driving the simultaneous collapse of these two Caribbean states?

Corruption in government will screw over any system.

You’re the first one to have gotten this instantly.

Darker interpretations that implicate U.S. interventionism are possible, but this is a fine answer.

Our system is designed so no single person can screw it up. 🇺🇸👍

Climate change go brrr...

lol if a country is made on the sole notion of getting rid every white person on the island and putting their heads on pikes, I dunno how long it could possibly last 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Haiti was held by the French, Dominican Republic by the Spanish, the French f**ked over Haiti and robbed it of all its natural resources, the Spanish not so much in the DR. Its been a long hard road for Haiti since