The business sector of Haiti , was controlled in the mid-19th century by German and Italian immigrants . In 1908 there were 160 Italians residing in Haiti , according to the Italian consul De Matteis , of whom 128 lived in the capital Port-au-Prince During the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince , the first Italian recorded dead was 70-year-old Gigliola Martino , who was born in Haiti to Italian parents who emigrated to the country in the early 20th century
2010 earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Italian Haitians