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Here is a picture of the historic Cathédrale de Sacré-Coeur in Hinche.

The city of Hinche is located in central Haiti. With a population around 50,000 people the Capital of the Department of Centre is also called the city of Charlemagne Péralte, the Haitian nationalist leader who resisted the United States occupation of Haïti (1915-1934).

The city of Hinche is accessible by road and plane. The main attraction of the region of Hinche is located on the East of Hinche and is called Bassin Zim. This is a 20 m waterfall at a distance of 30-minute drive from town.

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Here is a picture of the rebel leader Charlemagne Peralte. This Statue was erected in the city of Hinche

He was born in 1886 in Hinche but with his origin to a family who had migrated from theDominican Republic

A former Haitian officer who was the military chief in the city of Léogane when the US Marines invaded Haiti in July 1915, Charlemagne Péralte refused to surrender to the US Marines.

As a consequence, he resigned from the Haitian military position and returned to his birth city, Hinche

In 1917, Charlemagne Péralte was arrested by the occupying force and sentenced to five years of forced labor. Following his release, Charlemagne started his guerrilla warfare against the US troops until his assassination

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President Martelly attended the inaugural of the Administrative Complex Center (ACC) in Hinche. The modern design complies with green standards, and will house government offices.

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) funded the $2,670,000 project. ACC is only one of several projects IADB has subsidized since the earthquake.

Martelly spoke of a work culture, in which Haitians would receive an immediate response to their issues. He emphasized harmony, so everyone would see Haiti as serious about improving its image and be viewed as a stable democracy.

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A visit was made to Adolphe Take Out Restaurant on August 9, 2014 to evaluate the quality of the services provided to the Haitian community in the Little Haiti area. The place is located in a shopping area popularly frequented by many Haitians. This restaurant is one of the tree major restaurants in the area specialized in Haitian food. The other two are: The Bakery Café Restaurant and Park Supermarket - Creole Cuisine.

Parking was not a problem when I came in. I was able to park easily in front of the restaurant. However, that is not usually the case, specially on Saturdays when many people come to the area to shop. As I entered the restaurant, I did not feel very welcomed. The type of smile and courtesy you expect in entering a restaurant was not there. The staff who was present would not initiate any conversation with me. It feels like I was more of a nuisance to them when I arrived.

The place looks relatively clean. I did not notice any hazardous materials neither

I proceed to request what they have available and with an attitude that seems to be against themselves they helped. When I asked if they have a business card to order in the future, they did not have anything like that available. It was not long for me to understand that the people working at the restaurant don't know anything about customer services. They did not seem to care either.

According to other people in the area, Adolphe Take Out restaurant has been in business for a while. It seems to me that the reason it has been able to remain in business is their price. They are also a wholesaler in the food business.

I would not refer someone to Adolphe Take Out restaurant because of their lack of customer skill. The only way I would come to eat at the restaurant is if there is nothing else available in the area

Adolphe Take Out Restaurant in Little Haiti
Address: 215 Ne 82 Street, Miami, FL 33138
305-751-8075

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You will never understand the beauty of Haitian cuisine unless you unveil the mystery of Creole menu in The Bakery Cafe Restaurant located in Little Haiti in Miami. Suppose you have heard a lot and like to taste grilled fish in a Haitian restaurant. However, you will be in the darkness as it is listed there in disguise as "Poisson". Similarly, you love chicken a lot but dare to taste "poul"; so you have to miss the taste of an exquisite delicacy of boiled chicken marinated in sour orange, lemon juice, garlic, scotch bonnet pepper and other seasonings. It is fried crispy before serving. Such list for missing items may be endless: Legim is a wonderful thick vegetable stew at The Bakery Cafe Restaurant in Little Haiti. Gumbo is similar to sausage with enough crab and miniscule shrimp, taso kabrit is goat meat, griot is fried pork chunks and there are many more. Eating at a family-run Haitian restaurant such as The Bakery Cafe Restaurant in Little Haiti may be your life time experience.

The Bakery Cafe Restaurant in Little Haiti
8250 NE 2nd Ave, Miami 33138
(At NE 82nd Terrace)

(305) 751-2331

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This is a picture where the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was delivering 10 ambulances to the Ambulance National Center (CAN) in Haiti

On Monday, December 15, 2014, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) donated 10 ambulances to the Ambulance National Center (CAN) to strengthen its North-East network and open the South. The delivery ceremony was attended by the First Lady Sophia Martelly in the presence of Dr. Florence Duperval Guillaume, the interim Priminister of Haiti (then she was the Minister of Health), Dr. Rajiv Shav, General Administrator of USAID, and other financial and technical personalities from the ministry. According to Dr. Shah, about 70% of the Haitian women give birth at home due to the lack of emergency medical services. He expressed his belief that these ambulances will improve the emergency health care system in Haiti provided it is supplemented by government support programs. The First Lady conveyed her solidarity with the emergency health care management program.

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Here is a picture of a Haitian man putting fire into his mouth as a voodoo ritual. The Haitian style of Voodoo can also be found in several regions in the Caribbean including the Dominican republic, Cuba and The Bahamas. You can also find the Haitian voodoo in the United States, canada or any country where Haitians are residing

"Houngans" are male priests in Haitian vodou. A female priest is called "Mambo". In a vodou ritual, Houngans summon the 'Loa' (the spirits of Haitian vodou) to take part in the service, receive offerings and grant requests. Houngans work with very little hierarchical control and each Houngan, Mambo and Bokor (sorcerers) operates in their own relative independence. They are responsible to maintain the relationship between the vodou spirits and the community as a whole. They are considered as your superior in Vodou; so you need to be respectful of their learning and experience. During the 2010 cholera outbreak, 45 Haitian Houngans were killed, because in some regions in Haiti, they had been accused of spreading the cholera virus through magical means. Haitian gangs, armed with machetes had massacred 45 of these Haitian Houngans. The fear of the disease combined with lack of education resulted this violence.

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Here is a picture of the Haitian midfielder that plays for the Haitian Men's National Team. James Marcelin was signed by Sporting Kansas City

The Sporting Kansas City, is a Kansas City based American professional soccer club, founded in 1995. The club has signed James Marcelin who is a Haitian midfielder player, plays for Haitian Men's National Team. Marcelin (born June 13, 1986 in Saint-Marc, Haiti) began his soccer career with Roulado (2002-2006), and that was followed by Racing Club Haïtien (2007), Puerto Rico Islanders (2008-2009), Portland Timbers USL (2010), Portland Timbers (2011-2012), FC Dallas (2012), Antigua Barracuda FC (2013) and Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2014). The Sporting Kansas City is a member of the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer that won the championship in 2013. For the first 15 years of its existence, the club was also known as the Kansas City Wizards.

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Here is a picture of the Haitian-American Danielle Legros Georges, Boston's official Poet Laureate.

Danielle Legros Georges, a teacher of Creative Arts at Lesley University, is the new poet laureate of Boston. Her four year term will begin in January 2015. Danielle is a widely published poet and translator and a native of Haiti who moved to the United States at age of six with her parents who settled down in Mattapan, amid a small Haitian population, that has since expanded dramatically. She writes on a variety of topics, some of which was created out of her experience as a Haitian diaspora. Her academic area focuses on contemporary American poetry, Caribbean literature and studies, African-American poetry, literary translation, and the arts in education.

She will receive an annual stipend of $2,000 and a fund of $3,000 to arrange programs on "raising the consciousness of Bostonians on local poets". Since her mother died of a prolonged illness, she understands the needs and wants to work on the elder care facilities for senior citizens.

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Here is Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe taking a souvenir picture with his staff

On Sunday, December 14, 2014, the Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, announced his resignation along with several other ministers in a commission's call within a violent environment of anti government protests demanding him to step down. Earlier to his resignation, President Martelly had said that he has accepted the commission's findings and Prime Minister Lamothe is ready to sacrifice and resign. Lamothe had been appointed as the Prime Minister by President Martellly in 2012; and he was Martelly's third nomination for prime minister. Prime Minister Lamothe's farewell speech was delayed past midnight where he said he was leaving "with a sense of accomplishment for remarkable work of government." Some critics accused him of campaigning for own presidency on the public dime. However, he has denied his candidacy. The Prime Minister bid farewell to his co-workers at La Primature and expressed his gratitude for quality collaboration offered by them.

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