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Grand-Goâve and Petit-Goâve were originally one city named Goâve. The Spanish colonized it, naming it Aguava over 500 years ago. The French re-colonized it, splitting it into Grand- and Petit-Goâve.

In 2010 Grand-Goâve suffered some of the worst damage from the seven-point magnitude earthquake. Nine-tenths of its infrastructure was wiped out. The U.S. and another relief organization delivered disaster aid, remaining to assist in reconstruction. Today stability has been restored to the city and rebuilding projects continue to progress.

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Gonaïves, prone to flooding during the rainy season, sustains human and plant-life losses. Situated in a valley, embraced by mountain ranges, it suffers over-run from them.

Several hurricanes from 2004-2008 caused a storm lake to form, covering roadways, and preventing disaster supplies from being delivered.

One problem is a watershed, lying close by, that spills overflow onto plains. The storm lake formed by it has increased 300% since 2008.

Weather scientists have been collecting data to provide a solution for containment of over-run.

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Gonaïves' terrain exposes it to flooding, a valley where run-off cascades from surrounding mountains during heavy rains.

Seasonal hurricanes hit coastal Gonaïves, causing flooding and mud slides. Damage usually results in thousands of deaths, and ruination of plant life.

Storm lakes flood roadways, preventing aid-supplies coming from Port-au-Prince. Some flooding is caused by water flowing from a watershed close by.

Weather scientists have been compiling data to find a solution to contain it.

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Contained within Artibonite department is the district city of Gonaïves. Its populace numbers 264,000. Gonaïves is a center of agricultural activity, producing coffee, cotton, and tropical fruits, which is exported from its harbor. It is also known as Independence City, where Haiti's proclamation of independence was read on January 1, 1804.

Gonaïves has survived many natural disasters and political chaos, most notably the anti-Aristide uprising within its borders in 2003. But today Gonaïves is a peaceable place to live.

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Gonaïves, a district located in the Haiti department of Artibonite, is comprised of three communes.

The city contains the Gulf of Gonave harbor, where it exports coffee, cotton, sugar, fruits, and wood products.

It is renowned as Haiti's Independence City, where the Act of Independence was read at its Place d' Armes in 1804.

In 2010 it served as refuge for survivors of the earthquake, depleting its scarce resources. Today it has become a peaceful community.

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In 1802 Haitian General Louverture fought a battle against French General de Rochambeau's troops. They were encamped at Ravine-a-Couleuvres, preparing to invade Gonaïves.

Louverture encountered Rochambeau's troops while passing through the area on his way to aid General Vernet in defending Gonaïves. This event, named the Battle of Snake Gully, was a murderous battle, preventing Rochambeau from invading and capturing Gonaïves. It also gave General Vernet enough time to torch Gonaïves and escape with his troops, preventing French occupation.

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Here is the picture where former presidential candidate Mirlande Manigat was taking part of a manifestation to demand the release of Florestal brothers from prison and the end of proceedings against the lawyer André Michel

This manifestation did not turn the way the manifestants wanted. According to Mrs. Manigat, the Police was cooperating at the beginning. However, they later to confront the manifestants who were demonstating peacefully.

After some unsuccessful attempt to negotiate with Mirlande Manigat, where the former presidential candidate was invited inside and to which she refused, the police decided to disperse the people with tear gas

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Already susceptible because of the poor living conditions faced within the region's poorest nation, made worse by the inaccessibility of clean water for drinking and cooking and unsafe practices for the disposal of waste, Haiti was a sitting duck to the Nepalese strain of the cholera virus, unleashed into the water supply by unsanitary practices at the UN base. Very little could be done as the death toll rose alarmingly. In 2011 alone, some 6,700 people were killed. Up to one year ago over half a million people had become infected.

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Following the cholera outbreak after the earthquake in 2010, the United Nations was quick to deny an involvement, though early sources were citing the camp of their Nepalese peacekeepers as the root. In a series of attempts to hide the truth, including an inaccurate statement on the conditions of the base and the sub-standard testing of samples taken from the scene, which came back negative for cholera, it took DNA testing from the U.S. CDC to clear it up.

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With the purpose being to provide the continuing protection of the natural eco-systems that exist in the coastal and marine area of Saint-Louis du Sud, the Ministry of Environment, along with its Minister, Jean Francois Thomas has made steps to strengthen the August 7, 2013 order that announced eight such areas in the Southern Department as protected. The South Sea (Mer Sud) project, as it is called is also geared towards giving aid to fishers in the Saint-Louis du Sud town.

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