Will Haitians ever see their votes count in a real Election?
NEW YORK TIMES 26 FEB 2012 By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD The prime minister of Haiti, whose abrupt resignation on Friday threw the country into political turmoil once again, said he knew his job was finished when he called cabinet ministers to a meeting a day earlier: None showed up. Months of tension had been...
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Time: This article was written by Tim Padgett in Miami with Susana Ferreira in Port-au-Prince Speaking to his nation Friday night, Feb. 24, Haitian President Michel Martelly sported several pink bracelets that read Tet Kale, or “Bald Head” in Creole, a political slogan referring to Martelly’s own shaved pate. Unfortunately, it’s the Haitian government...
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Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, facing days of political pressure from the president, sent a resignation letter to President Michel Martelly. FILE – In this Oct. 6, 2011 file photo, Haiti’s Prime Minister Garry Conille attends a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Prime Minister Garry Conille resigned on Friday Feb. 24, 2012, according to...
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February 24, 2012 It does not come as a surprise. Garry Connile has shown a complete and total lack of understanding for the Haitian situation. Although he was born in Haiti, has a Haitian passport, and has never given up his citizenship, or taken dual nationality – Conille is not Haitian. We believe he...
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BBC: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that he will have to have further surgery after doctors found a lesion during medical tests in Cuba. The 57-year-old had two operations in Havana last year to remove a cancerous tumour from his pelvis, and had said he was completely recovered. He said the lesion was...
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PR newswire.com Martelly administration special commission working on long-term roadmap for democratic sovereignty PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In meeting with members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Haiti’s Minister of the Interior, Thierry Mayard-Paul, reiterated the top concerns of his office which are focused on implementing President Martelly’s vision for...
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Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:05 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Is Garry Conille in his last days as Prime Minister? The question was asked by a columnist at the Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste this Wednesday. An interrogation comes while the PM is in an open conflict with President Martelly and his own government on the...
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CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (defend.ht) – Recent events have not discouraged Senator Jean-Charles Moise (Nord/Inite) in his quest to prove that President Michel Martelly would hold foreign citizenship. Au contraire, the senator says recent events have only strengthened his convictions. According to Senator Moise, s letter that would be from U.S. Ambassador Kenneth Merten, that has...
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The Prime Minister, Dr. Garry Conille gave explanations at a press conference yesterday Monday, on what justifies the creation of an independent Commission of audit on the contracts signed under the government Préval-Bellerive and what will be its role. Members of this Commission should probably be known tomorrow Wednesday. “A week after the government...
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The CEO of Digicel Haiti, Maarten Boute, in a letter stated the position of his company in regards to its beneficiary, the Federation of Haitian Football, which incurred sanctions following a controversial election process. In the letter, the chief executive officer said his company would continue its efforts for social...
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