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US Medical Doctors at Hospital Bernard Mevs in Port-au-Prince reported that Judge Jean Serge Joseph died after being diagnosed with a stroke contrary to rumors suggesting that he had been poisoned or assassinated.

A press conference was conducted immediately after the death of Magistrate Jean Serge Joseph by Dr Richard Thorpe and Dr DeGennaro at Hospital Bernard Mevs to report that Judge Jean Serge Joseph died after being diagnosed with a stroke. According to the press conference, the judge was seen by Dr. Richard Thorpe from Minnesota after arriving at the hospital around 3 o'clock in the morning on Saturday July 13, 2013. He passed away at 8PM the same day, according to medical sources.

Jean Serge Joseph has been handling the case of alleged unlawful activity charges brought against members of the presidential family and many people. He recently issued a ruling calling on high level members of Martellys' government to appear before a the judge to testify in the case.

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Here is a picture of Bill Clinton, Rene Preval and Ban Kimoun. The three took the picture to show the high level of cooperation between Haiti, the United States and The United Nation.

The United Nation is currently in Haiti providing security to the population

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The president of Uruguay, Mr. Jose Mujica wants to give his apology to the people of Haiti. He apologized to Haitian President Michel Martelly over the alleged rape of an 18-year-old Haitian man by Uruguayan U.N. peacekeeping troops. President Jose Mujica said public outrage in Haiti has surged over a video shot by a video and circulating on the Internet that shows laughing Uruguayan marines pinning the young Haitian face down on a mattress and apparently assaulting him sexually. In the letter written to Michel Martelly, president of Uruguay, Mr. Jose Mujica, said: "We apologize for the abuse that some soldiers of my country perpetrated. Although the damage is irreparable, have the certainty that we will investigate thoroughly and apply the harshest sanctions against those responsible.
The Uruguayan government also released in the statement that they will provide compensation to the Haitian victim

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Stabilization Mission MINUSTAH Director Edmond Mulet stated following the 2010 Haiti election in general everything goes well, all is quiet.

Created on June 2004, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti also called MINUSTAH was created by the U.N. Security Council resolution 1542 with the responsibility to restore security in Haiti. This new United Nation force is also responsible to strengthen the Haitian institutions that have become very weak following a series of instability in Haitian government.
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, was severely affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Among close three hundred people who died in the quake, 96 of them were U.N peacekeepers. This was the biggest single loss of life in the history of UN peacekeeping

In the meantime, two-third of the candidates who participated in the election joined together to denounce the election, accusing the government of widespread fraud, including voter intimidation. Many voters took on the streets on the day of the election to demonstrate their dissatisfaction.

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Here is a picture of The new Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Haiti, Mr. Mariano Fernández. He will be the new head of the Minustah in Haiti, replacing Edmond Mulet who has been in the position since the 2010 Haiti earthquake. This new Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Haiti and head of the Minustah, Mr. Mariano Fernández, was born in Chile. He will be meeting with the new Haitian president, Michel Martelly, as well as some other high ranking officials of the Haitian government

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As you can see in this picture, the typical homes in Cap-Haitian keep their colonial styles with balconies looking over the narrow streets. The city is also located near the Citadelle Laferiere and sans-Souci Palace.

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Here is a picture of the Prefecture of Cap-Haitian or as it is called in the Haitian Creole Lap prefecture Du Cap-Haitian, located in the city of Cap-Haitian. This beautiful building is located close to the cathedral of Cap-Haitian in the Place Dame of the city

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Here is a picture of College Notre-Dame of Cap-Haitian.

It is also called College Notre Dame Du Perpetuel Secours which is an all-male private Roman Catholic primary and secondary school

The school was founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti in 1904.

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Here is a picture showing a major party of the city of Cap-Haitian. This city is the second city of Haiti and is the historic as well as the tourism capital of Haiti.

During the colonization period, Cap-Haitian which was called Cap-Francais was a major port in Saint Domingue, transporting all kind of products to France

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On the 7 hour bus ride from Port-au-Prince to Cap Haitien, one expects to see the turquoise ocean, gently rolling into the sandy beach, half-developed homes nestled among growing greenery, testament to the persistence of the Haitian people, rolling green hills, for which the country was named, seeming to proclaim the continuity of Haiti through disaster after disaster, and interesting people, a sight one will soon come to expect while traveling through Haiti.

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