The answer is B: they are loans to the government.
Depending on the options provided, the correct answer is:
- Taking them over and running their financial affairs to pay their foreign debts.
- Not invading Germany.
In 1915, Haitian President Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam was murdered. US President, Wilson, feared a possible German invasion, so he sent the U.S. Marines to Haiti in order to prevent anarchy and protect American assets in the country. The Haitian-American Treaty of 1915 founded the Haitian Gendarmerie controlled by the U.S. Marines, and the United States obtained total control over Haitian finances.
Can be considered poor. Their GDP puts them in the second lowest position in the worldwide GDP rank, meaning that both their income and consumption are very low (small scale farming and textile manufacturing are also evidence of this) meaning their living conditions are sub-optimal for most of the people.
