Haitian Politics

Haiti confirmed Wednesday it would maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan, a day after the neighboring Dominican Republic breaks these ties to establish relations with China.

"Every country is moving in one direction or another, but for now, it is with Taiwan that Haiti has diplomatic relations,"Haitian communications minister Guyler C Delva said in a press conference.

"Taiwan is a partner that helps us in different areas and we can say that it is a good partner that supports the government," he added.

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While President Donald Trump came down to Little Haiti Florida to gather Haitian-American votes, he told Omarosa Manigault Newman not to go to Haiti, that sh---t hole country, as her first foreign trip.

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Is Michel Martelly and the artist on stage Sweet Micky the same person? King Kino thinks NOT...

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Read this tweet... Okyjems Sévère, # FrèreOky gave a superb performance with Group #Anbyans last night at Cap-Haitien, on the occasion of the 8th Anniversary of this group and took the opportunity to announce his candidacy in the Senate for the Department of the North

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Original Tweet in French:

Okyjems Sévère, #FrèreOky a donné une Superbe Performance avec le Groupe #Anbyans hier soir au Cap- Haitien, à L' Occasion du 8ème Anniversaire de Ce groupe et se Profite pour annoncer sa Candidature au Sénat pr le département du Nord

Délex Etienne, @Delexhaiti, August 19 2018

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Speaking live from a US prison, Haitian rebel turned Senator Guy Philippe says "prizon pa simityè" (prison is not a cemetery).

What do you think he means by that?

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Take a look at this... Former Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe exercising and staying in shape.

I don't know if this photo was taken while Laurent Lamothe was still the prime minister of Haiti but I can tell you this photo was released while the former PM was getting ready to submit his candidacy for the presidency of Haiti in 2015.

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Every so often in Haiti there is a major government shuffle replacing ministers, direteur generals, secretaries of state, even the Haitian prime minister my loose his job.

Times like these you may Haitians say "fok kat la rebat" (we have to reshuffle the cards), it usually means people from different political orientations wants to enter government.

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Look at this photo... General Prosper Avril, President of Haiti from 1988 to 1990...

Lieutenant General Avril was a trusted member of François Duvalier's Presidential Guard and adviser to Jean-Claude Duvalier, Avril led the September 1988 Haitian coup d'état against a transition military government installed after Jean-Claude Duvalier's 1986 overthrow.

He was President until March 1990.

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Look at this photo... Haiti Elections -- Candidate for Senator Rony Celestin and his team are on the campaign trail en route to Savanette, the city of water. The locals call it Savanette sou dlo.

KREYOL: PHOTO: Haiti - Route Savanèt sou Dlo... Yon kandida pwale nan kanpay... Kisa ou panse de sa???

Savanette is a small Haitian city hidden between two mountain ranges in the Centre department in Haiti.

It takes an eternity to get there in a perilous road between a mountain range and a the river Fer a Cheval

What do you think about that?

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