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Here is an interesting picture where Haitian currency is being transported via Bourette.

Haiti has long been known to be the poorest of countries in the Western Hemisphere. Still, its GDP growth in 2012 was reported at 1.3% making its annual GDP approximately $13 billion. One of Haiti's problems is that it has a higher inflation rate than other low-income countries in a similar circumstance. It also has to battle a lack of investment opportunities and repeated disasters that cripple the economy. In 2012, the country listed revenues of $1.35 billion, with expenses of $1.446 billion.

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A disaster can be classified as an event that results in extreme loss as well as misfortune. While each part of the world suffers from its own set of disasters, naturally occurring and otherwise, Haiti seems one country unequally plagued by a series of disastrous events since at least the 1500's. From tropical storms that caused landslides due to disastrous levels of rainfall, to hurricanes, cyclones and earthquakes, Haiti has been steadily and perpetually plagued by the sort of disasters that claim millions of lives and billions of dollars.

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The Caribbean has the sort of past that seems made for the harsh reminders found in history books and the quixotic harkening of fiction. Found in the Caribbean Sea, the islands of the Caribbean all share common pasts that are linked through the slave trade. The similarities can be found in certain aspects of the arts, religion and cuisine, where they all merge from the congruent African descent. Where they differ, and what makes the Caribbean still such a diverse place even amongst itself, is the added influence from around the world that has shaped each country individually.

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Those wishing to file for visas to gain entry into the United States will have to first determine what type of visa they are in need of. These relate to your traveling purposes and can include visas for tourism or business, academics, temporary work, medical needs and official or diplomatic needs. Any branch of Sogebank will accept the requisite fees, after which an application process, ending with an appointment at the embassy would complete the process.

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The Haitian sports culture may seem to lean decisively towards the world's sport, football, but recently, basketball has been finding a foothold in the country and, once upon a time, the sport of choice in the country was the now outlawed cockfighting. Today, football dominates the sporting arena, with hundreds of clubs dedicated to the sport on a local level all over the country. Still, Haitians play other types of sports including volleyball and a game little known outside of the country called Blagaball, which has its roots in baseball, and involves a stick for a bat and an orange for a ball.

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While Haiti draws closer to a Presidential Election, the population still waits for the implementation of certain staples to make their elections more civilized. As yet, there has been no finalization of the electoral law, no time set for an election and great debate as to whether the Senators have, indeed, completed their term. The last election was done up quickly after the massive earthquake forced the need for it. This time around, the Haitian people ought to have a more deliberate route to democracy.

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With its dominance of the Haitian music market since the 19th century, Compas music is the natural candidate to be the country's national music. This popular, modern form of Meringue was made popular by Nemours Jean-Baptiste, a Haitian guitar and saxophone player in 1955. Today, Compas is recognizable through its many notable musicians including Djakout Mizik, and can be experienced in a number of different compas-derived sounds such as, Kompa, Rara, Cadence rampa, Mizik rasin and Kadans.

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The country awaits word as to whether an election will be carried out smoothly this season. Given that the last election, which took place on November 28, 2010 and went into a run-off in March the next year when no majority leader was established, ended with the third place candidate, President Michel Martelly, becoming president after a voting scandal took down one of the two front runners, the people of Haiti wait to see how this year's elections with play out.

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The country of Haiti is not an economic power. As a matter of fact, the Caribbean country of Haiti is right at the bottom. It is considered to be the poorest country in the region. The population is is very disadvantaged.

The main economic function is agriculture. more than one third of the population survive in it. However the agriculture has been affected by widespread deforestation that made the environment more vulnerable to natural disasters

Other problems affecting the economy of Haiti include inflation, lack of investment and severe trade deficits with the Dominican Republic. The government of Haiti has relied on the international community in economic assistance to support may of its projects

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Here is a picture of Rocco, the son of the music superstar: Madonna in Haiti. In this picture, he is sharing a candid pictures of the family charity trip to Haiti

Rocco is to be commended for his interest in helping others with less fortune and to be accompanying his mum on this humanitarian trip to Haiti

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