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Ma Ying-jeou, President of the Republic of China, still considered by most of the world as beholden to Mainland China, planned his trip in the western hemisphere around a visit to Paraguay. This visit was for the witnessing of the inauguration of Horacio Cartes, Paraguay's President-elect. It is a strategic move as well as a diplomatic and symbolic gesture, as Taiwan depends on Paraguay, the only country in the South of America that recognizes its sovereignty.

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Scheduled to be completed by 2015, the ground for the $16 million dollar Supreme Court building, funded by the government of the Republic of China, was broken recently by the presidents of both countries. Speaking at the occasion was the Republic's President, Ma Ying-jeou, who said he was heartened by the move to use the donation for this project as it spoke to Haiti's serious consideration for the 'rule of law'. The original courthouse was destroyed by the 2010 earthquake.

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Haiti has demonstrated to be a friend of Taiwan for a long time. The island of Haiti one of 23 countries to recognize Taiwan as a self-governing island. As a consequence, Haiti put itself in direct conflict with Mainland China that considers Taiwan as part of its territory. China objects to diplomatic recognition of Taiwan by other countries.

Diplomatic relations between Haiti and Taiwan were established in 1954, five years after the late Chiang Kai-shek moved his government from the mainland China
In addition, it has been supporting Taiwan in its ongoing and unsuccessful effort to gain admission to the United Nations.
In return, Taiwan has been one of Haiti's most consistent allies and dependable in the area of aid.

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Here is a picture of The new Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Haiti, Mr. Mariano Fernández. He will be the new head of the Minustah in Haiti, replacing Edmond Mulet who has been in the position since the 2010 Haiti earthquake. This new Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Haiti and head of the Minustah, Mr. Mariano Fernández, was born in Chile. He will be meeting with the new Haitian president, Michel Martelly, as well as some other high ranking officials of the Haitian government

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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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In 1994 Nelson Mandela became the President of South Africa after the first multiracial elections that were held in the country. He attempted to get rid of ethnic tensions through the formation of Government of National Unity. He was formed Truth and Reconciliation Commission for proper investigation into the human rights abuses that occurred in the past. He picked up the liberal economic policy of the previous government and made improvements to it in fields of healthcare, poverty combat and land reforms.

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When Nelson Mandela joined the African National Congress and joined forces against the apartheid movement of the ruling party, he actually believed in non-violence. However, later he joined forces with South African Communist Party. It is then that he co-founded the Umkhonto we Sizwe - a militant group. The group was founded in 1961 and was responsible for bombing government targets. Nelson Mandela was once against arrested in 1962 under the convictions of sabotaging government property and for conspiring the overthrowing of the ruling government. In Rivonia Trial, Mandela was sentenced for life imprisonment.

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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born to Thembu royal family. Mandela studied from Fort Hare University and then received his law degree from University of Witwatersrand. His involvement with anti-colonial politics started when he was in Johannesburg and then joined the African National Congress and later became one of the founding members of the Youth League of ANC. In 1948, the National Party's Afrikaner nationalists came to power and started implementing apartheid policy against which Mandela stood in Defiance Campaign of 1952 and became a prominent figure.

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Here is a picture of Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, popularly known as Nelson Mandela served as South African President from 1994 to 1999. He was the first ever South African black to have held that position through the first ever multiracial and fully representative election to be held in the nation. The focus of Mandela government stay concentrated on dismantling of apartheid legacy and the path chosen was that of tackling inequality and poverty, racial reconciliation encouragement and dealing with institutionalized racism. He was politically a democratic socialist and African Nationalist who served as the President of ANC or African National Congress from 1991 to 1997. Mandela also held the position of General Secretary of Non-Aligned Movement for one year from 1998 to 1999.

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Here is a picture of the Hemispheric Summit that was held in Haiti in April, 2013. A dozen hemispheric leaders were present in Petion-Ville, Haiti to participate in the fifth summit of the heads of state and government of The Association of Caribbean States.

Haiti for the first time received 10 presidents, including the leaders of Mexico and Colombia, have confirmed their attendance, said Haiti's Foreign Minister Pierre Richard Casimir.

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