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Here is a picture of Jean-Claude Duvalier and the VSN or Volontaire de la Securite Nationale in Haiti. Jean-Claude Duvalier succeeded his father Francois Duvalier who died in office in 1971

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After contacting potential investors and conducting forums, the Haitian government wants to focus now on improving the laws of investment in the country to make Haiti a business friendly environment. the Haitian government will meet Haitian parliaments to facilitate massive investment in Haiti. The main objective is to insure that it takes less time to create a business in Haiti.

The Martelly-Conille government wants to come up with laws that allow new businesses to form quickly and to reduce barriers. Also, the government wants to provide businesses interested in investing in Haiti opportunities from roads to expansion of airport and port, and hotel construction.

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The competition between American Airlines and Continental Airlines moves to the Caribbean with the decision for Continental to start flying to Haiti in June 2011

Before that, American Airlines was the main airline for Haiti, however this seems to be no longer the case. With this change, the public should expect see a decrease in their ticket price at the same time an improvement in the quality of the services at the airport.

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Here is a picture of the Logo for the Vietnamese telecommunications company, Viettel after purchasing Haiti TELECO.

Since TELECO was replaced by Natcom Telephone Company, things do not look the same any more and the demands and the stress imposed on the workers are no longer the same.

Many employees of the new Natcom Telephone Company have been complaining about lack of respect and support accorded to them

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For most of the manifestations in Haiti, the Haitian population uses tire burning. It is a generally accepted form of popular protest. This practice became popular in Haiti following the exile of Jean-Claude Baby Doc Duvalier

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Paul Altidor is the new Haiti ambassador

Prior to becoming the ambassador to Haiti, Paul Altidor was the vice president for the Clinton bush Haiti fund which was established in 2010 after the devastating earthquake that rocked the Haitian community that year. The fund was meant to raise funds to help those hit by the earthquake and was endorsed by various top level people including the president of the US Barrack Obama and the previous presidents Clinton and Bush.

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Here is a picture of Jean-Claude Duvalier with his mother Simone Ovide Duvalier during his wedding with Michele Bennett. This was one of the most expensive weddings in the history of Haiti

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Here is the main church in the town of Trou du Nord, Haiti. This is a very religious town in the north of Haiti. The saint is celebrated every year and the town at this time receives a large numbers of visitors.

Major work have taken place in the town of Trou du Nord as it was discovered in 2012 that beside its religious fortune, the town has gold, silver and copper mines.

More than 30 million have been invested in this exploration project by U.S. and Canadian investors in Trou du Nord for exploratory drilling and new roads.

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One of the most effective propaganda methods during the Duvalier reign was throwing Money on the streets to the crowd. If you are over fifty yearsw and was growing up in Haiti, you probably got some of that money. Usually ther were children taging alog the Government car to have an opportunity to receive that money .

Most of the propaganda used by the Duvalier were considered to be positive by the people included in the inner circle of the government. For those people, the Duvalier propaganda were considered objectively and then interpreted as positive or negative, depending on the perspective of the viewer or listener.

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Effective June 9, 2011, Continental Airlines will Fly toToussaint L'Ouverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday directly from Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey to Port-au-Prince with plan to increase their flight to Haiti in the future.

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