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Here is a picture of the Haitian President Michel Martelly in Paris. The President stopped in France on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 in his way to his participation in the induction ceremony of Cardinal Chibly Langlois in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. He will meet French President Francois Holland. President Martelly will also visit Belgium and finally meet with Pope Francis.

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The Haitian population is actually estimated at more that 14 million. As of 2013, it was estimated that about 10 million Haitians were living in Haiti, with over 4 millions outside of the country.

can be found almost everywhere in the world. However, the majority of them can be found in the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, The United States, Canada and France
The Haitian diaspora

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Le Code Noir 1742 before the Haitian Revolution

On the eve of French Revolution, there were nearly 500,000 slaves in St. Domingue. St. Domingue's slave system was very cruel. It is being said that the recalcitrant slaves in rest of the Americas were kept in control by threatening them to be sold to St. Domingue. However, there was still a distinct division among the slaves in St. Domingue. Nearly 100,000 were domestic slaves involved in cooking and art and severed as personal servants. They were generally well treated compared to other field slaves. These domestic slaves were the last to join the slave rebellion.

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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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A French Presidential Decree of May 24 appointed Patrick Nicoloso as the new French Ambassador to Haiti. 61 years old Patrick has been into French diplomacy since 1976 and he is the 22nd French Ambassador to Haiti since 1943. Nicoloso is the successor of the previous Ambassador Didier Le Bret, who was removed from his post and appointed as director of Crisis Centre of French's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Patrick Nicoloso has a long and successful diplomatic career and has served as a French diplomat in Sudan, Libya, Brazil, Jordan and Italy.

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Alexandre Dumas is also known as Alexandre Dumas, père. His father was born in the island Of Saint-Domingue, known today as Haiti. The father is a mix from a French nobleman and a black slave woman from Saint-Domingue.
After the election of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte in 1851 in France, Alexandre Dumas left France for Belgium, where he stayed for several years.
He then moved to Russia and then to Italy. he finally returned to Paris in 1864.
His most popular work was novels of high adventure.
This work was translated into nearly 100 languages, and he is the most widely read French authors in history. Other work from Alexandre Dumas include The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne

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Here is a picture of the French and haiti Flag as the French Embassy in Haiti is promoting research with Prix Jean-Christophe Fernandes

Prizes to be awarded to Haitian researchers in the areas of environment and will consist of 75 000 gourds for Award doctoral thesis or scientific publication and 32 000 gourds for Award master or end of engineering studies

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The French president Nicolas Sarkozy made a historic visit in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. He was the first French president to visit Haiti since the country 's independence in 1804. During the visit, he also announced additional aid of more than 100,000 to Haiti.

France has a long history with Haiti. The Haitian revolution was a period of conflict where the slaves of Saint-Domingue revolted against the French colonization. On January 1, 1804, Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared Haiti a free nation, the first indecent nation in Latin America and the first post-colonial independent black led nation in the world

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Here is the picture of a famous Haitian rara band performing at Champs-Elysees France. This rara band was performing in the most famous street in France and it was at the occasion of the Carnaval Tropical de Paris. it is a sign that the Haitian rara has been all over the world and it is one of the most recognized aspect of the Haitian culture

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Here is a picture of French Ambassador, Didier Le Bret, as he was reacting to the arrival of Jean-Claude Duvalier in Haiti. As you may know, the former Haitian dictator has been living in France since his exile. The French Ambassador Didier Le Bret appeared to pe surprise as every one else on the arrival of Jean-Claude Duvalier return in Haiti

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