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Ex-British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and Haiti Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe, met to discuss Haiti's reconstruction progress since 2010's earthquake.

The two covered government reform and decentralization, foreign investment and Haiti's economy, and permanent job creation.

Blair's administration created "New Labor" policies: a new definition of socialism, the passage of minimum wage, human rights, and freedom of information initiatives. Blair, the youngest prime minister in two centuries, and the only one to win a two-term office consecutively, ruled from 1997-2007.

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The Embassy is to be located in the same complex of the Canadian Embassy in Haiti. This decision was taken by the British government to expand its diplomatic network and influences in the Caribbean.

Haiti was recognized by England after its independence in 1833. During the opening ceremony, Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire stated that the new British Embassy in Haiti will allow them to build an even closer dialogue between British and Haitian governments

As part of the United Kingdom, England has a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary system. The Kingdom of Great Britain is made of England and Scotland. Currently, England is governed directly by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In the House of Commons, also known as the lower house of the British Parliament, there are 532 Members of Parliament. The House of Commons is located at the Palace of Westminster.

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Haitian-born Joe Gaetjens with a soccer game victor, a game that remains historic. On June 29, 1950, 39 minutes into a soccer game between England and the United States, at the Estedio Independencia in Brazil, Gaetjens stoll the show andwas carried off the pitch to the roar of 30,000 ecstatic Brazilians.

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In a referendum in the United Kingdom, the country has voted to leave the European Union.

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The well preserved, attributable mainly to neglect, ruins of Fort Picolet gives a great glimpse into the past of Haiti under French rule. No doubt built to protect the French investment from rivals such as Spain and England, the fort had very few points of access and was littered with many great stone steps, some winding steeply and quite precariously up the rocky coastline. Today, many of these stairs and high walls remain, more or less, intact. Even a cistern for catching rain is still very well preserved.

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