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Here is a picture of the heroes in the Battle of Vertieres near the city of Cap Haitian. Historians tell us that Haiti is the only country that slaves fought the slave owners and won. The Battle of Vertieres is one that is historic

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Haitian prisons are among the worst world-wide. Inmates are afflicted with lack of nutrition, mental disorders, and heart-related conditions.

Health and Human Rights in Prisons Project is an advocacy group, seeking to change conditions in the prison system. They provide healthcare services and legal aid to assure prisoners' cases are being properly handled by the Haitian justice system.

They insure medical treatment is consistent with good-care standards, and prison officials are informed about any transgressions of inmates' human rights.

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Prisons in Haiti possess some of the worst living conditions. Inmates are packed closely into a single room, where they huddle together on a cement floor. With no room to stretch out, they are forced to sleep in shifts. Their diets consist of gruel and little else.

They suffer from poor nutrition, mental ailments, and the possibility of heart attacks. They live in filth, occasionally hosed down. Their human rights are ignored and they are left to perish.

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Nearly 5000 Haitian criminals are being held in a building originally built in the 1930's and meant for only 1,500 inmates. The situation at Haiti's National Penitentiary is much the same in the country's other prisons. The overcrowding makes preserving order an uphill battle. A system of rotation allows officials to stop gangs from reforming within the walls, but the problem is exacerbated by delays in the judicial system. Many of the inmates are being held pending trials that may take many months to come.

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Here is the copy of a check issued to Stanley Lucas by the Haitian Embassy in New York for his ongoing propaganda work for the government of Michel Martelly. This check that was discovered by Radio host and news investigator Valery Numa was issued to Stanley Lucas on December 30, 2015 by the Haitian Embassy in New York City.

According to Valery Numa, initially Stanley Lucas was receiving his regular salary for doing his propaganda work for the Martelly government directly from the Haitian embassy in Washington. this was later changed to have the checks coming instead from the Haitian embassy in New York City.

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Following the Cholera outbreak in Haiti, it was reported that Voodoo priests were being lynched by mobs who blame them for spreading cholera.

By December, 2010, at least 45 Voodoo priests were killed across Haiti due to accusations they are using "black magic" to spread cholera. People being stoned, hacked, lynched, set on fire and attacked with machetes.

The latest violence erupted out of fears by may in the population that traditional Voodoo priests were using their powers to spread the Cholera infection

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Here is a picture of the Haitian artist Richard Auguste Morse. Born in the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico, Richard Auguste Morse of the famous Haitian rasin band RAM is the son of the famous Haitian singer Emerante de Pradine. and Richard M. Morse.

Richard Morse moved to Haiti in 1985, the country of his mother and started the musical band RAM. he is also the owner of the
famous Hotel Oloffson, a 19th century Gothic gingerbread house

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Here is a picture of the Members of the National Council of Haitian Government. This was the new military-civilian government that took over after president Jean-Claud Duvalier went on exile. This new Junta took power on February 7, 1986. The members of the junta include the following:

Colonel Max Valles,
Colonel William Regala,
Lieutenant General Henry Namphy,
Alix Cineas,
Gerard Gourgue
Colonel Prosper Avril.

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Here is a picture of the American President Bill Clinton and Jean-Bertrand Aristide as he was returning from exile in South Africa. The Haitian president was exiled twice and was able to return back to his country twice.

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You are looking at a Caco or a Haitian nationalist fighting against the 1915 US Occupation of Haiti.

Great Depression Ends U.S. Occupation in Haiti

When American forces began occupying Haiti in 1915, the island was in political and economic distress. America feared a German takeover of susceptible Haiti, and took control of the country's infrastructure, even writing its Constitution.

Haitians soon grew to hate the Occupation. They felt used, betrayed, and deprived of their autonomy.

Lonely when America's Great Depression occurred did they pull out in 1934 under pressure from American citizens, who disapproved of the U.S. spending too much money in Haiti.

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