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President Michel Martelly's interest in Côtes-de-Fer stems from his father having originated from there. Last year, he traveled there to celebrate with the residents and push the decentralization of the area. His visit saw him speaking with inhabitants from different sections of Côtes-de-Fer like, Laborieux and Mayette. He laid out plans to bring electricity and set up infrastructure including hill lakes. These additions would be made on top of work already done including a church restoration and the installation of street lights.

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For entertainment, residents of Côtes-de-Fer turn to their sport of choice, football. Played by every child and argued over by every adult, the sport is more than a national pastime in the town. They also go to theater festivals and cinema theatres as a means of entertainment. A high point is the feast of the patron saints. It affords residents the means of interacting with friends and provides an outlet for the arts, culture and sports. Even the natural beauty of the surroundings is entertaining.

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An unexpected treat when visiting Côtes-de-Fer is the secluded and beautiful Coby Beach Resort. A historic tourist site, the resort, while it is not complete, is open for business. Speckled with almond and coconut trees, the white sand beach is ideal for long walks at any time of the day. If a walk in the sand is not to your liking, their natural garden can be an ideal substitute.

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Jérémie, located in the southwestern part of Tiburon Peninsula, is a port city of Grand-Anse Department. It is renowned for noted authors Emile Roumier and Etzer Vilaire.

Its mulatto elite live in the Haut-Ville district in picturesque pastel-pink and -green bungalows. Its business district is Basse-Ville.

François Duvalier dealt Jérémie two lethal blows during the mid-sixties. First, he sent his Tonton Macoutes to slaughter 27 victims, and second, he shuttered its port. Both were revenge for townspeople questioning his repressive policies.

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Southwestern city of Jérémie has been distinguished for its busy port and thriving artists' colony, known as "City of Poets".

Established in 1756, its port started up 51 years later. It has exported cacao, coffee beans, sugar, bananas, timber wood, and animal hides.

Two districts compose Jérémie: residential neighborhood, Haut-Ville, and merchant area Basse-Ville.

Jérémie's economy suffered a setback post-1964, due to François Duvalier's shuttering of the port. It was a payback for dissidents' disapproval of his brutal policies.

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Jérémie, situated on the north coast of the Tiburon Peninsula, was established in the mid-1700s. Its port is part of Gulf Gonâve, and began exporting staples, timber wood, and raw hide in 1807.

Mulatto-elite Haitians settled Jérémie and produced writers, poets, and historians. For this reason, Jérémie has been labeled "City of Poets". Two districts comprise Jérémie, Haut-Ville, and Basse-Ville.

François Duvalier ruined its economy in the mid-sixties when he closed the port as retaliation for criticism of his repressive policies.

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Jérémie, a mid-size city in Haiti, is known as a womb of creativity. The city has given birth to many poets, writers, and other artists.

Because writers are often critics of repressive governments, Jérémie was targeted by Dictator François Duvalier, whose death squad murdered 27 of its inhabitants in 1964.

A memorial signifying the deaths of the Jérémie Vespers massacre was erected by Monsignor Romelus in 1986, and a book Le Pouvoir De La Foi, written by Bernard Sansaricq, documents that day's horrific events.

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Jérémie, capital of Grand-Anse Department, is a remote area of Haiti, separated by Grande-Anse River, which runs nearby.

Its geographic location made it vulnerable to François Duvalier's death squad, which preyed on its residents in 1964, slaughtering 27 people.

The nearest populated area to Jérémie is Navassa Island, lying 46 miles west.

Many poets and authors have been natives of the city, most notably General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, whose son, the famous author, Alexandre Dumas, wrote The Three Musketeers.

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Aux Cayes, better known as Les Cayes, is a town situated on the southern coast of Haiti's Tiburon Peninsula.

The town has survived plagues, pirate invasions, fires, and hurricanes. Its most noted event was when Simon Bolivar used the port as a strategic spot to receive weaponry and infantry units to fight the Spanish and liberate South America.

Les Cayes contains a teeming port that exports sugar, coffee beans, bananas, cotton, lumber, and animal hides.

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Prime Minister Lamothe and Minister of Tourism, Stephanie Villedrouin have been accused of deceiving the Les Cayes townspeople an international airport would be built on the town's periphery.

The accuser, Gabriel Fortune, representing the Martelly government, demands Lamothe provide a reason why the airport project has been abandoned.

A Lamothe aid, Jean Thanis, said it was uncertain if the rumors were true. He added he would meet with Martelly to get the facts surrounding the controversy, and report back to the community.

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