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Haitian politician and revolutionary leader Pierre Francois Joseph Benoit also known as Rosalvo Bobo was born in 1874 and passed away in 1929. He came from the city of Cap-Haitien

Dr. Rosalvo Bobo was one of the leading personalities in Haiti before the American occupation of Haiti in 1915. His tactics were to attack prisons to release prisoners. At one time, he was obligated to take refuge at the German consulate in Haiti.

When Davilmar Joseph Theodore was elected president, he appointed Rosalvo Bobo, Minister of the Interior. However, Davildar Theodore was forced to resign in 1915, under pressure from United States.

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Charles Vorbe (Ponpon) was born in Port-Au-Prince on October 5, 1954. In 1969, with classmates such as Raphael Alexis, Guy Dugue, Rony Sanon, Ronald Cesar, and Frederic Supplice. He combined sports and education and became a great soccer and table tennis player. While attending Canado, he became one of the best soccer player there.

Charles Vorbe (Ponpon) was 17 years old when he started playing for Violette first division team with Ernst Jn Joseph, Philippe vorbe, Pierre Bayonne, and Guy Francois. His family has a long history of soccer paying with his father who was once Haitian Federation Soccer' president. His older brother was Philippe Vorbe who played for the Haitian National Team.

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This picture of Me. Constantin Mayard Paul taken during an interview at Télévision Nationale d'Haiti. He was one of the most eminent men in Haitian law, Mr. Constantin Mayard Paul. He was brilliant in bringing arguments to court and his oratorical skills is second to none.
Some of the highlights of his career include the legal fight he had delivered in the 70s against the interests of Jean Dominique. He died at the age of 78. one of his son, Me Thierry Mayard Paul . Mr. Gervais Charles, mentioned the death of Mr. Constantin Mayard Paul "end of an era."

He described it as an avant-garde and the first professional lawyer of Haiti who has devoted much of his career in business law.

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Gérard Pierre-Charles was born on December 18, 1935 in the historic city of, Jacmel and passed away on October 11, 2004, in Cuba
Pierre-Charles was an economist, author. He was a Haitian politician and former leader of the Unified Party of Haitian Communists. He later became a supporter of the politic of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. His activism dated back a long time. Gérard Pierre-Charles was one of the founders of an underground Marxist party which took birth in 1959. During the dictatorship of Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, he was forced to go into exile in Mexico where he spent 26 years. He studied Economics and became a teacher and finally returned to Haiti in 1986.

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Alexandre Lerouge from Cap-Haitian, won a seat as a legislator

and challenged the government of Jean-Claude Duvalier

Alexandre Lerouge was supposed to run against Claude Vixamar, a former Prefect and one of the most popular personality in Cap-Haitian at the time.

Story would reveal that it was not the intention of Vixamar to run against Alexandre Lerouge. It was an order that came all the way from the first Lady, Simone Duvalier

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Lycee Alexandre Petion is named after the Haitian President and was founded in Port-au-Prince in 1816

It was originally located where the old local Faculty of Sciences is at Rue Mgr. Guilloux, but transferred around 1870. The building was designed by architect George Baussan. For many years. Lycée Alexandre Pétion was a school of reference in Haiti.
Lycee Alexandre Petion had some of the best teachers at the time and produced several generations of writers and politicians. Some of the well known individuals who attended the school include: Dumarsais Estime, François Duvalier, Prosper Avril, Martial Celestin, Yvon Neptune, Jean Price Mars, René Depestre, Jacques Stephen Alexis and Frankétienne.

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If there is one sector in Haitian life that is expected to pay the bills but not to be represented it is none other than the Haitian Diaspora.

Until recently with the amended Constitution, Haitians living in the Diaspora was not able to participate in Haitian politic.
However, this same group is expected to respond financially whenever there is a need.

In a report released in 2013, the amount of Remittances received by the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are important sources of income.

According to the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), remittances represent more than 10% of the gross domestic product in Haiti

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This is a picture of Bernard Degraff, Director-General of ONA. Bernard Degraff went in front of the Haitian Senate on April 29, 2013 to answer charges of frauds and corruption while managing ONA. He was advised to step down from his position. The request was made by the Committee of Security and Justice Haitian Senate headed by Pierre Francky Excius.

Bernard Degraff also received some aggression from his former employees.

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The Canado-Haitian College is located in Turgeau, Port-au-Prince.

It began operation in 1969. The building that comprises Collège Canado i is made of four floors, with 31 classroom,a library and a cafeteria. There is also a large auditorium inside. On the outside, you find 2 basketball and two volleyball courts.
However, the 2010 earthquake affected the building severely and management was obligated to find alternatives. Some sections of the building was repaired

Collège Canado offers Literature, Sciences and Mathematics. It also offers a technical option where students can learn Electricity, Automobile Repair, Electronics, Refrigeration, or Machine Shop

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College Elie Dubois is an all girls secondary school with a vocational program The school serves several hundred students per year and it is run mainly by nuns who live on campus
It was established in 1913 by the Community of the Daughters of Mary
Ecole Elie Dubois began as an all girl vocational boarding school, located in downtown Port-au-Prince near Haiti National Palace. It provides education on a variety of subjects including basic grammar, science, French, embroidery, sewing, and crafts.

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