Why is Haiti so Poor?

1) First of all, at 1930s, Haiti used to be one of the richest lands until other countries took over and they controlled it such as France.
2) The food prices increased which doesn't help the Haitians because they can't afford it.
3) Another reason is that they used to have popular coffee exports but soon, the worlds coffee prices went low and Haiti gets less money.
4) So, they decided to make corn, peanuts and bananas to feed and raise their families, until someone came to them and taught them how to make charcoal instead. They agreed but they didn't think about what would be the results, like less trees, less water and less food, and less forests.
5) Another reason is that they can't get fish because soil erosions swept them and the coral reefs away.
6) Their religion, Voodoo, causes them misery because they have to do painful punishments.
7)  In Haiti, there is less rainfall which makes the plants have malnutrition which makes the animals starve and they die leaving less food, and there are less trees due to soil erosions.