There's more to that story.
The US invaded Haiti from 1915 to 1934. One of the first things they did was steal their gold and move it to the US.
There is also the Caribbean Basin Initiative in which "Food Aid" has been weaponized to undermine local food production. The exploitation of the state apparatus by the West to undermine local industries in general. Haitian Rice is an example where rice tariffs were removed and destroyed the whole local industry.