champ de mars

Here is a picture of Police officer Placide Jean-Louis as he was killed in Champ de Mars.

On Wednesday, February 17, 2016, a Police officer named Placide Jean-Louis was killed with multiple bullet injuries. His body was found near the Museum of Haitian National Pantheon (MUPANAH) on the Champ de Mars. The police man was an Agent IV officer, working in Cite Soleil. According to Garry Desrosiers, the Principal Inspector and Deputy Spokesperson of the National Police of Haiti, the victim was returning from a commercial bank when he was shot several times by two unidentified gunmen who fled on a motorcycle.

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Here is a picture of Champ-de-Mars in Port-au-Prince during the government of Fabre-Nicolas Geffrard.

After being made president, Geffrard's first duty was to cut the nation's army in half, leaving it 15,000 strong. Following this, he formed his personally-trained presidential guard, calling them Les Tirailleurs de la Garde. Later he would bring back the Boyer-founded Medical School and start his own, the National Law School. There was undoubtedly a great thrust in education under his rule, with many lycea being hauled into the then present and also built from the ground up under his regime.

Following the outbreak of guerilla war between Spain and Santa Domingo, which put Haiti in an awkward position, President Geffrard lost some of the people's esteem when he surrendered to the demands of the Spanish. There were many attempts at a coup against him, but it wasn't until 1865, when an ill-fought war with Major Sylvain Salnave and his Northern troops left the president and his administration in financial and political ruin, that he fled, with his family under disguise, to Jamaica, where he would remain until his death in 1878.

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This is a picture of the movement of Kita nago as it is approaching the Champ de Mars in Port-au-Prince

The group and Kita Nago was welcomed by Haitian President Michel Martelly and Haitian Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe.

This wood called Kita Nagohas become a symbol of national unity in Haiti

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This is a picture of the impressive crowd that masses in Champ de mars in haiti every year during the 3 jours gras to participate in the Haitian carnival. The people of Haiti know how to enjoy themselves, specially during the carnival season

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