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Henri Françillon was born on May 26, 1946. He was a soccer player who was part of the Haitian team at the World Cup in Germany in 1974. Henri Françillon played as a goalkeeper. He played for the Haitian Victory Sportif Club and was the only player from the team who came from Victory club the other players came mainly from Racing Club, Aigle Noir and Violette Athletic Club.

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The 1915 U.S. Occupation of Haiti started when militias, known as cacos, staged turf wars to seize power on the island. German immigrants had funded the cacos and now urged Germany to come and establish peace.

Germany threatened U.S. interests. In the summer of 1915, U.S. Occupation forces arrived and stayed until 1934.

U.S. improved Haiti's infrastructure, but Haitians resented the Occupation. Finally the Great Depression forced U.S. citizens to demand its government leave to save money.

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Haiti was failing as a country in 1915. Cacoists' militias were waging war in the streets, financed by German immigrants. News Germany might invade the island reached the U.S., and to prevent that, American warships invaded first, stopping anti-American cacoist leader, Rosalvo Bobo.

Until 1934 the U.S. ran the island with Haitian figurehead rulers. Haitians grew to resent the Occupation; they wanted Bobo in power.

Eventually due to the Great Depression in America, U.S. troops withdrew.

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Here is a picture of Baron Samedi in the Haitian Voodoo. As one of the lwa in Haitian voodoo, Baron Samedi is the lwa of the dead.

There are several variation of Baron Samedi such as Baron Cimetiere, Baron La Croix, Baron Kriminel. The wife of Baron Samedi is called Madame Brigitte

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In Haitian Voodoo, the Baron has a shrine at the entrance to every cemetery. This is a black tomb, within and upon which the followers leave offerings of candles and rum.
In many cemetary the Baron has a shrine at the entrance. At the Baron black tomb, the voodoo bealivers leave offerings of candles and rum

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The Haitian Government has made a decision in regard to the current UN Peacekeeping force in Haiti and the threat of an Ebola epidemic. Haiti has suspended all troops rotation from Africa, in a move to prevent an outbreak of the Ebola epidemic.

On Thursday, October 16th, Haitian officials announced that the United Nations stabilization mission to Haiti has suspended sending troop rotation from Africa. This a preventive measure by the UN to keep the epidemic of deadly disease away from the Caribbean countries. The Haitian Health and Population Minister, Florence Duperval Guillaume has said that the UN will not send any more troops from African countries, affected by the Ebola epidemic. It is a precautionary measure for minimizing the risk of transportation of the disease. United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has set up an isolation unit at one of its bases to take care of the Ebola victims or persons with symptoms of the disease. In 2010, U.N was held responsible for a cholera outbreak in Haiti. Then several scientific and medical investigation reports concluded that the most likely source of the outbreak was a leaking sewage system of a UN housing complex where some Nepalese peacekeepers were living and they carried the disease from 9,000 miles away, as it was present only in the northeastern region of the Indian subcontinent.

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Here is a picture of Lycée Jean-Marie Vincent in Tabarre with the inauguration of its new buildings

On Tuesday, the 14th October, Nesmy Manigat, the Minister of National Education inaugurated the new buildings of the Lycée Jean-Marie Vincent in Tabarre. He was accompanied by Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ali, President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), who have financed the reconstruction work through an NGO named "Islamic Relief Worldwide". The new facility has been constructed with the most strict construction norms, and it consists 20 classrooms of whom 16 were newly constructed, a computer lab, library, playgrounds, a conference room, a secretariat, office space and a censorship. We should remember that, including the present one, the IDB has so far rebuilt or rehabilitated four schools in the town of Croix-des-Bouquets. The Minister Manigat took the opportunity to thank and welcomed the contribution of the IDB for providing a better learning environment to the thousands of Haitian students. Dr. Ali in his speech said that his philanthropic institution considers education a priority and reiterated their commitment to support the education sector in Haiti.

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Here is a picture of the Haitian plastics recycling project, Ramase Lajan programme

The Haitian phrase "Ramase Lajan" literally means 'picking up money'. No other name could be more apt to describe this new opportunity creating program. Collections of tons of used plastic items, jugs, bottles overflowing the dumpsters or clogging the canals, and over 1,500 tons of plastic goods imported to Haiti, every month, have been translated into unique job opportunities by the 'Ramase Lajan' program. Plastics are seen as money rather than garbage. The program has created many local collection centers with fully equipped self-contained recycling storefront that sort the plastic grade and type-wise and send the sorted materials to the Haiti Recycling company in the capital city. In the past four years the program has created 26 centers and over 1,600 jobs, and around 80 million bottles have been collected to date.

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Here is a picture to illustrate The $18-million national police academy project that was to be financed by Canada

National Police Academy is a six year old Canadian dream in Haiti that is worth CAN$18 million. In 2008, the Canadian authority planned to build this project under a five year CIDA program (2006- 2011) on a 15-hectare plot of land close to the city of Ganthier. The project would include creation of an infrastructure, classrooms and supply of equipments necessary to enhance the professionalism among 300 mid-level police officers from the Haitian National Police (HNP). The program was a part of a five year, $555 million assistance commitments from the Canadian authority. Even recently, the UN Security Council, while extending the tenure of its UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti for another year, has commented strengthening Haiti's police force remains a most critical task. It is central to the country's overall stability and future development. However, no decision has yet been made on the process of bidding or submitting tenders because the project is currently under a process of evaluation. In the meantime, under a separate $16-million initiative, the Canadian authority has been training Haitian police officers at temporary facilities. The success of this training program has raised questions about the necessity to implement the pending CAN$18 million project.

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Here is a picture of Pierre Michel Brunache, spokesman of the Primature in Haiti.

Monday, on August 4th, 2014, Pierre Michel Brunache, the Spokesman of the Primature, did describe the act of six opposing senators is suicidal. The six senators [Jean-Baptiste Bien-Aime (North East), Westner Polycarpe (North), Jean-Charles Moïse (North), John Joël Joseph (West), Francky Exius (South), and Jean William Jeanty (Nippes)] who are refusing to attend the meeting of the Senate and keeping the necessary ratification in electoral at bay, are "enemies of democracy". The necessary ratification can ensure earlier election and expedite country's many development programs. The spokesperson has also warned that, if the country fails to hold elections within the current year, the country will still continue to operate and in accordance with the El Rancho agreement, the Head of State and Judiciary is empowered to discharge necessary responsibilities for such situation and lead the country in an appropriate direction.

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