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Here is a picture Haitian Police Force, also known as Garde D'Haiti which later became FAD'H being trained during US Occupation of Haiti

In spite of the resentment with their occupation, the Americans during their 19 years of occupation built many new roads, schools, irrigation, agricultural projects, piers and many lighthouses. They also trained an important political force, the Haitian National Police force (Garde D'Haiti). However, the great depression of the 1930s forced the U.S to justify its huge spending to occupy an unpromising land like Haiti. In 1930, the U.S President Hoover, sent a delegation to the Haitian President Louis Borno for considering to hold elections and began the process of withdrawing American administrators and forces. The last Marine left Haiti on August 15, 1934 after a formal transfer of authority to the Haitian military Garde d'Haiti. However, a small American delegation remained there till 1941 to defend American economic interests.

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PeaceOn September 25, 2014, Edmond Mulet, the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations and the former Special Representative of the Secretary General of the UN and Head of the MINUSTAH has praised the Haitian President Michel Martelly for the significant progresses he has made in Haiti during Martelly / Lamothe regime.

The Martelly's team is honest, very engaged and committed to their country. The only weakness is that President Martelly doesn't have a political party-- to back him in parliament. His base is really the population at large. He was satisfied with the level of security management system in Haiti and urged the Haitian Senate to take steps to hold parliamentary and local elections at the earliest opportunity. Edmond Mulet is a former Guatemalan politician and diplomat. He first came to Haiti in June 2006.

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Here is economist Fritz Alphonse Jean who was appointed Haiti Prime Minister by President Jocelerme Privert

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Here is a picture of the former governor of BNH, Fritz Jean, on October 7, 2012 as he was protesting in the streets in Cap-Haitian with several hundreds of people protesting against the administration of Michel Martelly. During an interview as he was protesting, Mr. Fritz Jean confirmed that the protest initiated by the people against the government of Michel Martelly is legitimate and that his presence among the protesters as an economist means that he is observing the condition of the population

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Here is a picture of economist Fritz Jean and Jocelerme Privert

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The problem of corruption in the Haitian society.

The 2014 Corruption Perception Index, which measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption in 175 countries across the world, places Haiti as one of the top corrupted countries in the world. A country's rank indicates its position relative to the other countries in the index on a scale 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). The top three countries, with the highest scores in 2014, were: Denmark (92 score), New Zealand (91) and Finland (89). Sudan, Korea (North) and Somalia hold the last three ranks in the list, 172nd, 173rd and 174th with only 11, 11 and 8 scores respectively. Haiti and Venezuela hold the 161st rank jointly with 3 other countries (Guinea-Bissau, Angola and Yemen) and each of them scored 19 points only. Haiti's neighbor Dominic Republic comes 124th in the list with 30 points.

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Kidnapping in Haiti is rampant and anyone can be a victim. It is very profitable to the kidnappers as in general they have a small percentage of chance to be caught by authorities. as a result, the best way to deal about kidnapping in Haiti is to avoid being kidnapped if possible. the following is a list of things you can do to reduce your chance of being a victim of kidnapping:

Keep a simple lifestyle and a low profile.

Establish good security measures around your home and common environment.

Break out from routine. Vary your routes and timing of your movements.

Make sure that business, financial and travel activities are handled with the highest level of confidentiality.

Be alert of any suspicious and unusual behavior. if you feel the environment is uncomfortable, leave

Always inform family members, friends about where you are. Provide details to family, friends on appointment such as who you are meeting and for what purpose

Driving in the center lane of a road to makes it difficult for your car to be forced off the road.

Always map out your route well and explore all possible escape routes. Look out for cars or motorcycles that may be trailing you.

Go around an area twice to make sure of any suspicion of being trailed.

Make sure that you have adequate security measures in place for your children during school drop-off and pick-up time.

Make sure that the people who work in your home or provide personal security to your family such as domestic staff, House help, Drivers, gardener, Cooks are properly vetted before they are employed. Make sure they have sound character references and that they are well equipped to provide security in addition to their actual duties.

Instruct your children and utility services staff never to talk to strangers or open doors for people they don't know.

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The Secretary General of the National palace wants to remind everyone who has in their possession vehicles registered under the executive branch of government to bring them to the services of transportation and the garage of the National Palace in less than 72 hours. After the delay, the secretary will be in a position to take all the necessary actions to take possession of these vehicles

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Here is a picture of former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand after he was exiled to South Africa

Here it is my friend, as it was expected, Jean-Bertrand Aristide wands to go back to his country as well. On January 19, 2010, three days after the surprise return of Jean-Claude Duvalier in Haiti, Aristide wants the same treatment.

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This is Haitian president Elie Lescot with his wife.

During his government, that was right around the second world war, Elie Lescot his government offered refuge to European Jews
In 1942, Elie Lescot suspended the Haitian Constitution, claiming the Second World war put him in an obligation to suspend of the constitution and had the parliament give him unlimited executive powers.

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