Monthly Archives: June 2012

French ambassador in Haiti refuses to shake hands with Jean-Claude Duvalier

June 26, 2012
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This rare diplomatic incident between Didier Le Bret and former tyrant was held on Saturday, before witnesses, in the brothers of St. Louis de Gonzague, on the occasion of the anniversary of the founding of this school congregational flagship Jean-Claude Duvalier was Saturday at the center of a diplomatic incident with the Brothers of...

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Clashes broke out in Haiti against government plan to destroy homes hillside shanties

June 26, 2012
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Clashes broke out in Haiti Monday between police and protestors against government plans to evict them from homes precariously perched on the hills above the capital Port-au-Prince. At least one person was wounded when groups of young people from the hill-based neighborhoods erected flaming barricades and brawled with police, who used teargas to disperse...

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Laurent Lamothe et l’urgence de faire passer l’aide externe par le gouvernement haïtien

June 20, 2012
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Le Premier ministre Haitien Laurent Lamothe Dans son visite a Washington, a beaucoup insisté sur la nécessité et l’urgence de faire passer l’aide externe par le gouvernement haïtien  et non par les organisations non gouvernementales

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Donna Karan et l’acteur Robert de Niro intéressé à investir dans le secteur touristique haïtien

June 20, 2012
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Le Premier Ministre Laurent Lamothe a dressé hier lundi, un bilan de son voyage de six jours, à Washington, au cours duquel il a fait valoir aux bailleurs de fonds la nécessité d’acheminer l’aide au peuple haïtien, par le biais du gouvernement.   Laurent Lamothe indique avoir  également eu des entretiens avec des figures du...

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Martelly announced that a woman was named director to a newly formed election panel CEP

June 20, 2012
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Martelly on Tuesday also announced that a woman was named director to a newly formed election panel as part of a requirement that ensures 30 percent of government employees be women but didn’t name her. The eight other members have yet to be named. The new electoral council that was also created by the...

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Haiti amended version of the 1987 constitution published Tuesday

June 20, 2012
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Haitians living abroad will gain the right to own land and run for lower levels of office under an amended version of the Caribbean nation’s constitution published Tuesday. The newly published constitution brought a mixture of surprise and hope to one Haitian leader outside of the country, Marleine Bastien. “I think it was way...

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