When Haiti helped free South America, its influence didn’t just live in history books or monuments, did you know it is represented in the flags? Former Haitian president Alexander Petion aided, protected, and armed Simon Bolivar as he fought for independence from Spain. That support helped reignite a liberation movement that spread beyond Venezuela to Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and beyond. In return, Haiti asked for just one thing and that is the abolition of slavery wherever freedom was won. Th

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