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U.S. and UN Officials Oversaw Integration of Ex-Army Paramilitaries into Haiti’s Police Force
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- Created on Saturday, 27 August 2011 19:01
Throughout 2004 and 2005, Haiti’s unelected de facto authorities, working alongside foreign officials, integrated at least 400 ex-army paramilitaries into the country’s police force, secret U.S. Embassy cables reveal.
100: The First Days of President Michel Martelly
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- Created on Monday, 22 August 2011 20:31
When Michel Joseph Martelly was elected the 56th President of the Republic of Haiti, the country, already facing an almost permanent economic crisis and on the verge of social explosion, faced the consequences of the earthquake of January 12, 2010.
The Congress of Arcahaie 1803
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- Created on Wednesday, 18 May 2011 07:24
The first big highlight of 1803 was the death of Toussaint L'Ouverture on April 7.
A Final Case for the President; Rene Preval
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- Created on Friday, 13 May 2011 08:36
The living generation of Haitians has never known a stable government. The idea of a peaceful succession of power is foreign to most.
15 of The Most Popular Questions About Haitian Creole
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- Created on Wednesday, 02 March 2011 14:23
1- Creole: What is it?
Creole is a language spoken by the entire population of Haiti (estimated at nine million people). As any natural human language, it uses meaningful words (a vocabulary) with specific sounds.
Creole and Education in Haiti
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- Created on Friday, 04 February 2011 05:55
Haiti’s 1987 constitution made Creole official along with French and recognized that Creole is the language that all Haitians have in common. This constitution and the prior Bernard Reform of education, officially begun in 1979, provided the first official buttresses for the use of Creole in Haitian schools.
La MINUSTAH y la epidemia
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- Created on Tuesday, 07 December 2010 06:34
translated from Spanish
About three weeks ago, news and images were published of Haitian people throwing stones and indignantly protesting MINUSTAH forces, accusing a Nepalese soldier for transmitting cholera throughout the country.
