Hello,

Great work, Alex!

Just so you know, amidst all the political madness surrounding this World Cup, with just three days to go before the tournament kicks off, Haiti has been forced to redesign their shirts... because FIFA, or rather Gianni Infantino, felt they were too political.
(I’ll leave you to look it up; there are plenty of sources covering it)

The issue was the design on the shirt:

The design which refers / referred to the Battle of Vertières, the founding act of Haiti’s independence, which pitted the indigenous army against Napoleon’s colonial forces following the reintroduction of slavery.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataille_de_Verti%C3%A8res
It is worth recalling that this revolutionary act made Haiti the first black republic to gain independence whilst freeing itself from slavery (1804).
Well, to round off the story, let’s note that Napoleon made them pay dearly by demanding a staggering debt… to compensate the slave-owning colonists (!). A debt that prevented the newly independent country from taking off economically for a century, or even two.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indemnisation_de_la_France_par_Ha%C3%AFti

I realise that although factual, recounting history can just as easily be considered ‘too political’ these days.
The admins are free to moderate my comments if they wish.

As for the shirt, it is up to the official VF authorities (Aymeric, Alex) to decide whether to remove the image of the Battle of Vertières and thus bring it into line with reality, or to leave it as it is.

> **Leguman**: Bonjour,
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> Très beau travail Alex !
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> Juste pour info, parmi toutes les dingueries politiques de cette Coupe du Monde, à 3 jours du début de la compétition, Haïti s'est vu contraint de retravailler leurs maillots ... car la FIFA, ou plutôt Gianni Infantino, a estimé qu'il était trop politique.
> (je vous laisse chercher, il y a de nombreuses sources qui en parlent)
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> En cause, le dessin sur le maillot :
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> Le dessin qui fait / faisait référence à...

Hi mate,

Yeah, I’ve heard about that, but I’m going to keep the shirt as it is – I couldn’t care less about FIFA and their rubbish decisions.

There’s plenty of people keen to give Haiti a hard time and ban Russia.
But when it comes to banning Israel and the US, strangely enough, there’s no talk of politics.

And besides, I really like this shirt; apart from the story behind it, I really like the design.