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Inauguration of Adminstrative and SocioCultural Complex in the North
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- Created on Monday, May 20, 2013 8:18 PM
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Martelly inaugurated the SocioCultural Administrative Complex of the North primarily funded by the Inter-American Development Bank on Monday in Cap-Haitien. This structure is expected to include all departments and agencies of the State for the service of the people of the North.
Martelly visits construction sites in Delmas
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- Created on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:27 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Monday, President Michel Martelly continued his visits to various projects of construction around Haiti ahead of his 2nd anniversary. On this day, accompanying the Mayor of Delmas, Wilson Jeudy, to Delmas 83 in Peguy Ville where projects were ongoing.
Preval says UN tried to remove him while President
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- Created on Monday, May 13, 2013 11:35 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - “I got a phone call from Mr. (Edmond) Mulet, who was head of MINUSTAH, saying: ‘Mr. President, this is a political problem. We need to get you on a plane and evacuate you,’” Préval says in the documentary, Fatal Assistance. “I said: ‘Bring your plane, collect me from the palace, handcuff me, everyone will see that it’s a kidnapping.’”
Haiti: Government removes security of former President Aristide
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- Created on Monday, May 13, 2013 6:00 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Martelly administration took the decision to remove the security of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide 48 hours after his appearance in court on Wednesday May 8 despite laws providing former Heads of State security.
Martelly distances from Aristide
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- Created on Saturday, May 11, 2013 10:38 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Pushed into the ropes by former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide because of worsening hunger these days in Haiti, President Michel Joseph Martelly, without jargon, defended his record and marked difference with Lavalas.
Haiti: Aristide speaks, thanks people and calls for unity
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- Created on Thursday, May 09, 2013 1:34 PM
TABARRE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide invited the press to his home in Tabarre on Thursday morning following his appearance at the Palace of Justice the day before. In this press conference which did not include a question and answer session, the former Head of State thanked the Haitian people for the appreciation shown and called for unity, saying the Martelly administration cannot solve the problem of hunger by itself.
Haiti: President Martelly visits construction sites in the Nippes
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- Created on Thursday, May 09, 2013 1:14 PM
ASILE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Martelly continued to visit construction projects, financed by the international community, as part of the lead up to his 2nd anniversary since becoming President of Haiti.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide appeared in court with Lavalas
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- Created on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 11:52 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide arrived at 9 am and was heard for two hours at the Palace of Justice in Port-au-Prince by Judge Ivikel Dabrezil.
Haiti: President Martelly objects to Law on Political Parties
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- Created on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 8:05 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Martelly announce his objections to the Law on Political Parties within the 8 days allotted to him since receiving the document. Some parliamentarians say the law will be returned to the Head of State as originally passed and he will be obligated to enact it.
Haiti: Martelly appears at construction sites in South ahead of 2nd Anniversary
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- Created on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 5:58 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - To approach the 2nd anniversary since becoming president, Michel Martelly will be appearing at local construction projects, most of which financed by the international community; this was the case Monday in the South Department.
Haiti President Martelly: Chavez is a symbol of strength and regional unity
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- Created on Sunday, May 05, 2013 8:19 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (defend.ht) - "God has given life to President (Hugo) Chavez to carry out this struggle," begun President Michel Martelly who spoke in French as one of several Heads of States who delivered tributes for Hugo Chavez at a ceremony, led by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, during the 7th Petrocaribe Summit of Heads of States and Governments.
President Martelly to Venezuela for PetroCaribe Summit
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- Created on Saturday, May 04, 2013 10:36 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Martelly left Haiti on Friday for Venezuela where he will participate in the Summit of Heads of State of Member Countries of PetroCaribe.
Haiti: 1.2 million trees not planted but a speech delivered by President Martelly
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- Created on Friday, May 03, 2013 6:16 AM
Disappointment on Wednesday as 1.2 million trees were not planted as announced by the Haitian government but that did not stop President Michel Martelly from managing a long speech about the agriculture and the environment.
President Martelly paid a lasting tribute to Mimi Barthélémy
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- Created on Sunday, April 28, 2013 2:56 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Martelly learned with sadness the death of the storyteller Mimi Barthélémy and paid a posthumous tribute, on behalf of the Haitian people, to "this great woman of the stage."
Landmark agreement reached between Haiti and D.R.
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- Created on Saturday, April 27, 2013 10:29 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Martelly, in talks with Dominican President Danilo Medina on Friday, reached an agreement that would provide work visas and give legal immigration status for Haitians with work contracts in D.R. Firstly, the Haitian government must afford these citizens identification.
Martelly meets some Heads of States during ACS Summit
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- Created on Saturday, April 27, 2013 10:15 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Martelly held meetings with the Presidents of the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Chile on Friday during the Fifth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS).
Haiti: Earth Day celebrated with visit to Morne L'Hopital
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- Created on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 6:49 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The National Palace celebrated Earth Day on Monday by making a visit to Morne L'Hopital where infrastructure projects in Jalousie and Debussy are ongoing.
Martelly sends 'warmest' welcomes to new Venezuelan President
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- Created on Monday, April 15, 2013 9:52 AM
Gov't Officials place flowers on 210th anniversary of Toussaint Louverture's death
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- Created on Monday, April 08, 2013 11:35 AM
Martelly meets designated electoral councilors at National Palace
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- Created on Sunday, April 07, 2013 3:40 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Martelly met on Friday evening at the National Palace with the 9 councilors who are to sit on the fully independent electoral council, tasked with organizing the next elections. Even with this meeting, to date, the executive order naming these members to the electoral council has not been published.
