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Michel Martelly and Laurent lamothe at the National Palace Carondelet in Quito, Ecuador

Michel Martelly and Laurent lamothe at the National Palace Carondelet in Quito, Ecuador

Here is a picture of both Haitian President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent lamothe as they arrive at the National Palace Carondelet in Quito, Ecuador. the two Haitian authorities will be holding talks with his Ecuadorian president, Rafael Vicente Correa SEM.

A Haitian delegation which included President Michel Martelly and his Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe traveled to Quito, Ecuador earlier in November to be likewise met and hosted by Ecuadorian members of government. The meeting held at the National Palace Carondelet was meant to help fortify the bonds between the two country as Ecuador has been offering technical, political, humanitarian and economic aid to Haiti. President Martelly spoke directly with President of Ecuador Rafael Correa about the shared interests of education of the Haitian police force, migration and commercial flights between the two countries.

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Michel Martelly and Barack Obama in Washington DC

Michel Martelly and Barack Obama in Washington DC

Here is a picture of President Michel Martelly and Barack Obama in Washington DC.

For the first time, the U.S President Barack Obama met the Haitian President Michel Martelly on February 6, 2014 at the Oval office, Washington DC. The visit served as an opportunity for both the Presidents to discuss how the United States can continue its support to the Haitian government's effort to promote economic growth and strengthen democracy. The U.S President had said that he is satisfied with the recovery efforts of Haiti from the devastating earthquake and Martelly's sincere effort in holding the overdue election, but added that the progress had been very slow, may be of the complicated processes involved. He confirmed U.S.'s support on matters relating to improving the conditions of human rights, judicial reform and controlling corruption in the country. President Martelly thanked him for standing by the side of Haitian people. As per Ros-Lehtinen, a Congresswomwn and Representative from South Florida, Martelly took careful notes of every matter discussed and addressed every relevant question.

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Gracia Delva, Michel Martelly, Sophia Martelly

Gracia Delva, Michel Martelly, Sophia Martelly

Here is a picture of Deputy Gracia Delva as he is congratulating Michel Martelly as the new President of Haiti with his wife Sophia Martelly on his side. Like Michel Martelly, Gracia Delva ia an accomplished musician. He was the singer and also maestro of the group Mass Kompa. Before he was forced to return to Haiti, Mr. Delva played with the group Zinglen where he became very popular.

Gracia Delva, Michel Martelly, Sophia Martelly

Gracia Delva is a Haitian Singer, Composer turned actor who was born on November 20, 1973 at Marchand Dessalinnes in the Lower Artibonite. Delva formed his own group (Mass Konpa) in July 2003. He made his acting debut with the Haitian movie "Le 11eme Commandemant"(or, the 11 Commandments), released in July 2005 and started his music career with the formation of a young group "GEROSTAR". Although the group made him a star, but it lasted for a very short period. In 1992, he joined Djakout Mizik and made glorious performances on Champ de Mars and Eastern Parkway in New York. He left Haiti for U.S in 1996 and met geniuses Zenglen. They two created wonderful songs together like 'DWET 5'. However, his combination with Zenglen also did not last longer. Because of some U.S. immigration issues, Gracia had to leave America and settled in Haiti in 2002. After the music, he entered politics and was elected as MP for Marchand Dessalines and visited U.S on 22 September 2011 as a Member of Marchand Dessalines and also as the President of the Committee on Culture and Tourism. After nine years of absence, Gracia Delva has made his musical comeback with his band Mass Konpa in U.S.A on 19 May 2012.

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Michel Martelly with The Haitian Community in France

Michel Martelly with The Haitian Community in France

Here is a picture of the Haitian President, Michel Martelly, as he was greeting the Haitian Community in France In October, 2014. He also took the opportunity to visit the place where Toussaint Louverture died at Fort de Joux

Haiti's President, Michel Martelly, was greeted with much warmth when he stopped on the final leg of his tour of Europe in the northern suburbs of Aubervilliers, France, where he met with hundreds of members of the Haitian diaspora living near Paris. They thanked the President for his support of the Universal Schooling Program Free and compulsory (PSUGO). The group also heralded the President as being progressive in the initiatives put forward by his administration to bolster the economy and provide the poor with viable means of being economically solvent.

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Visit by Michel Martelly in Fort de Joux in France in Honor of Toussaint Louverture

Visit by Michel Martelly in Fort de Joux in France in Honor of Toussaint Louverture

Here is a picture of Haitian President Michel Martelly on October 29, 2014 as he stands in front od the statue of Toussaint Louverture in Fort de Joux in France in Honor of this great Haitian hero, known internationally

Toussaint Louverture was a self educated person and a former slave who rose to become the leader of the only successful slave uprising in modern history. He joined the slave insurgency and quickly with efficiency became the military secretary to Georges Biassou, one of the insurgency's leaders. When his leaderships allied itself with Spain against France, he followed. In 1794, when Spain and Britain threatened France to take control of the island, the French acted to preserve its colonial rule and to gain the loyalty of the black population, granted citizenships, rights and freedom to all blacks within the empire. L'Ouverture allied with France against Spain during 1794 to 1802, and became a dominant political and military leader in the French colony. By 1801, he ruled Saint Dominque as an independent state. He drafted a constitution emphasizing the abolition of slavery and appointed himself governor for "the rest of his glorious life. In 1802, Napoleon organized a large military expedition and dispatched his brother-in-law, Charles Leclerc, to capture L'Ouverture and return the island to slavery under French control. Toussaint was captured and was shipped to Fort de Joux for imprisonment. It was there where he died of pneumonia in a solitary cell on April 7, 1803. On Saturday, November 1, 2014, President Martelly paid tribute to this great to the independence hero, at Fort de Joux and at the initiative of the French authorities, he was invited to 'meditate' to the dungeon of Fort de Joux, where Toussaint Louverture died.

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President Michel Martelly and Sophia Martelly in Germany

President Michel Martelly and Sophia Martelly in Germany

Here is a picture of President Michel Martelly and his wife Sophia Martelly as they arrive in Germany.

Martelly Discussions in Germany on Haiti Elections and Investment Opportunities

President Martelly was received by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to talk about stalled legislative and local elections in Haiti. Martelly held opposition party members and defiant senators responsible for the delay. Merkel said she hoped elections would happen soon.

Martelly also met with Hugo Kramer, Chairman of Chambers of Commerce and Industry to promote investment opportunities in Haiti's tourism, infrastructure, and agriculture sectors. Kramer said a delegation would visit Port-au-Prince next year to examine investment possibilities.

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Michel Martelly hosted by German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel

Michel Martelly hosted by German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel

Here is the President of the Republic, Michel Martelly as he was in Germany on October 29, 2014. He was hosted during his visit by German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel

Germany Shows Investment Interest in Haiti

President Martelly made a state visit to the House of German Economy for a working lunch. He was accompanied by Minister of Trade and Industry, Wilson Laleau, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Duly Brutus.

He promoted the investment opportunities in the Haitian sectors of tourism, infrastructure, and agriculture to German entrepreneurs gathered.

President Hugo Kramer of the German Chambers of Commerce vowed he would send a delegation in 2015 to Haiti to investigate investment opportunities.

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Michel Martelly, paid tribute at Fort de Joux - Toussaint Louverture

Michel Martelly, paid tribute at Fort de Joux - Toussaint Louverture

Here is a picture of the Haitian President Michel Martelly on October 31, 2014 in France as he was paying tribute at Fort de Joux to the Haitia Hero Toussaint Louverture.

Martelly Honors Memory of Louverture

President Martelly is the first Haitian head of state serving, who has ever visited the cell of General Toussaint Louverture at Fort de Joux, who died nine months before Haiti's liberation in January 1804.

Louverture has been honored with symbolic, commemorative, and institutional remembrances ever since his death.

President Martelly has called Louverture Haiti's "black Spartacus". First Lady Sophia described Louverture as ". . . one of the greatest humanists the world has ever known."

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Haitian Flag side by side with German Flag, a reminder of Luders Affair

Haitian Flag side by side with German Flag, a reminder of Luders Affair

Here is a picture of the Haitian Flag flying in Germany on October 29, 2014 side by side with the Germain flag. This took place during a visit of President Michel Martelly to Germany.

Today, we can all be proud of this. As you can see, the Haitian Flag flying very high there. This is of historical proportion. The Haitian Flag has not always been given this high respect by some Germans. We need to go back in history to December 6, 1897 and read Luders Affair to understand the issue between Haiti And Germany.

Germany bullied the tiny island of Haiti in 1897 in an incident called the Luders Affair, which began when Germany became insulted by Haiti pledging its allegiance to Germany's enemy in the French-Prussian war. Germany began its campaign of humiliation by coercing Haiti to start repaying its debts to German merchants, easily accomplished since Germany held Haitian warships hostage until Haiti's debts were cleared. When the Germans finally returned the warships they had desecrated the Haitian flags with feces.

But the Germans weren't done punishing Haiti yet. A Haitian-German, Emil Luders, was arrested on Haitian soil and convicted, sentenced to 30 days in jail for assault and battery on a Haitian soldier. Luder appealed his conviction and his sentence was extended a year beginning October 14, 1897. Infuriating Germany's Charge d'Affaires, Count Schwerin, he ordered Luders be released immediately, also demanding President Simon Sam pardon Luders.

It got worse for Haiti. Two of Germany's warships, the Charlotte and the Stein, sailed into Port-au-Prince harbor, demanded a 21-gun salute without giving one in return, and extracted $20,000 in ransom money for Luders, and a vow he be allowed to return home. Schwerin also wanted an official letter of apology from the Haitian government. If these conditions were not fulfilled within four hours the German warships would bomb the harbor. The Haitian government had no time to seek foreign aid, so it was forced to fly a white flag at half-mast to indicate its compliance with Germany's demands

Read Luders Affair here:
haitiobserver.com

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Sophia, Michel Martelly and Laurent Lamothe at ALBA meeting on Ebola

Sophia, Michel Martelly and Laurent Lamothe at ALBA meeting on Ebola

Here is a picture of First Lady Sophia, Michel Martelly and Laurent Lamothe at an ALBA meeting in Cuba regarding the Ebola Epidemic. This took place on Monday, October 20, 2014.

ALBA or Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América was formerly known as 'Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America'. It was founded initially in 2004 on the ideology of Simón Bolívar, a 19th-century South American independence leader, well remembered for his contribution to integrate the social, political and economic issues of the Latin American and Caribbean countries. Its recent Extraordinary Meeting was held in Cuba on October 20th with a single agenda--" Development of a coordinated response to the Ebola epidemic". The meeting was attended by the Haitian President Martelly accompanying the First Lady Sophia Martelly and the Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe. While addressing the attendees, the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rightly emphasized on the necessity for immediate actions to confront the epidemic crisis. A message from the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon conveyed its appreciation of the solidarity offered by the ALBA member countries with a special mention for Cuba's extraordinary contribution towards the epidemic issue.

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