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Here is a picture of the young couple Bill and Hillary Clinton.

The former U.S President Bill Clinton visited Haiti for the first time in 1975 on a trip sponsored by his friend David Edwards as a wedding gift. When he wrote his autobiography "My Life" in 2004, he mentioned his first encounter with voodoo as the "the most interesting day of the trip". He witnessed a voodoo practice in a village near Port-au-Prince. There the rites were performed by a priest named Max Beauvoir, a former chemical engineer who had studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. Clinton described his first experience with voodoo as a culture, that practices to make sense of life and nature; it virtually works with the universal belief that there is a nonphysical spiritual force at work in the world. Then Clinton was a law professor who had once lost his battle of political campaign, considering for a second run. The priest Beauvoir gave him a brief course in voodoo theology, he decided for a second run and that turned out to be a success. This time, he won -- and was on his way to the White House. Bill learnt one good lesson from Haiti and he wrote: "The Lord works in mysterious ways." Once a Voodoo sorcerer was supplied to him by his friend, the exiled-by-coup John-Bertrand Aristide, and that sorcerer put a curse on the incumbent President George W. Bush, "by manipulating a doll made in the President' s image."

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A new Marriott in the heart of Port-au-Prince. Here is an important milestone in Haiti, the opening of the Marriott Port-au-Prince.

With the help of the Clinton Foundation worked closely with Marriott and Digicel Group, this new hotel will likely attract more foreign direct investment to Haiti

Like a shiny, white beacon to match the high expectations being placed on its shoulders, the 11-story Marriott Hotel in Port-au-Prince, newly opened for business as of the 25th of February, stands out for its newness, simplistic outer design and its ability to reflect the sunlight. While Haiti on a whole and its tourism sector in particular have been benefitting from a tremendous influx of support from local investments and help from around the world, leading to the erection of many new hotels, the implementation of a hibiscus rating system, and a general overhaul of many popular tourist sites with the addition of new ones, it is this hotel which garnered much attention, compelling the presence of Haiti's President Michel Martelly, and former U.S. President Bill Clinton to its grand opening.

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Here is a picture of the former president of The United States, bill Clinton arriving at Labadee resort in Haiti. This is one of the most beautiful place in the world. The view is gorgeous and the Labadee resort offers a variety or fun activities to the visitors arriving either through the biggest cruise liner from Royal caribbean, Oasis of the sea or other ships

Labadee Haiti

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Here is the picture of a group of Haitian protesters gathering outside of the Clinton Foundation office in New York City on the 5th anniversary of the Haiti earthquake to demand explanation for the $10 billion that was collected to help rebuild Haiti

Protestors accuse Clinton Foundation of Misspending Funds for Earthquake Recovery

Some of the Haitian Diaspora amassed in front of the Clinton Foundation offices in Harlem to protest $10 billion in recovery funds was misspent on Haiti's reconstruction. They said the bulk of the money was given to non-Haitian firms. They targeted CF because it spearheaded the recovery efforts.

One protestor asserted earthquake survivors are living in tent cities ". . . while bill Clinton and his cronies . . . waste this money."

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The former US President Bill Clinton doesn't think that it is a good idea to remove Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe as it was suggested by the Commission.

Haiti's Big Mistake: Removing Lamothe

Ex-President Clinton said to force Prime Minister Lamothe to resign will be an enormous mistake, setting Haiti back, obliterating the gains it has achieved since the earthquake.

Clinton praised Lamothe for a job well done, adding Haiti ". . . is the most consistent and decisive government . . ." he has worked with on issues across-the-board. They have attracted a wealth of private investment and to throw it all away does not make sense to him.

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Fuego del Sol (FDS) has partnered with International Lifeline Fund to market a new cooking fuel. Instead of expensive charcoal, paper briquettes use recycled paper, cardboard, and farmland waste to create this cooking method.

FDS has sold 200,000-plus briquettes to the World Food Program. And it has claimed the rescue of 8,000 trees from decimation.

The Haiti school system is a market segment FDS wants to convert to its sustainable practice, which will bring the rest of the island with it.

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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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With encouragement from Bill Clinton and DIGICEL, Marriott International will open its first hotel in the area of Turgeau in Port-au-Prince Haiti. The Hotel is to be equipped with restaurants and meeting space for non-government organizations, relief agencies and other groups.

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Here is a picture of former President Bill Clinton and Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Thes two have a log history.

For most of the 1990s Haiti was often in the news as it just elected the populist priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide to the presidency position. However, one year later, Aristide was removed from power by a military coup.

Consequently many Haitians got on boats headed to the U.S. Promising to return Aristide into power when elected. Bill Clinton eventually returned Jean-Bertrand Aristide into power

For the first time in U.S. history, they used force to return a deposed president into power

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Here is a scene from the Documentary Assistance Mortel by Haitian Filmaker Raoul Peck. Haitian President Rene Preval left an event in commemoration to the people who died from the 2010 Earthquake before Bill Clinton speaks Documentary Assistance Mortel by Haitian Filmaker Raoul Peck

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