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Here is a picture of President Michel Martelly as he was returning the presidential sash to the National Assembly.

On February 7, 2016, the former President Martelly to symbolize his departure, returned the presidential sash to the National Assembly by handing it over to the then National Assembly President Jocelerme Privert. The presidential sash is an important symbol of the continuity of the presidency, designed to resemble the nation's flag, or the country's national colors and symbols, especially those of Latin American presidents. Its value as a symbol of the office of the head of state can be compared to that of a crown in monarchies. To symbolize a change, Jean-Bertrand Aristide as a new President chose a peasant woman to put the Presidential sash on him. The next morning, President Aristide served breakfast to hundreds of homeless people and street kids at the National Palace.

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Here is a picture of Vice-Consul of Haiti Judnie Galdine Souffrant as she has decided to paralise traffic on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Vice Consul of the Haitian Consulate, Judnie Galdine Suffering, obstructed the Ouanaminthe border road with her car, impeding traffic for two hours. She invoked diplomatic immunity for refusing to hand over identity documents and car registration.

Consulate and Human Rights Committee representatives arrived to remove the car blocking the road. International conventions still require diplomats ". . . to respect the laws and regulations of the State of residence . . ."

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In an effort to decrease the constant blackout in Haiti and to put Haiti in a path of recovery and economic development, the Inter-American Development Bank has decided to give to Electricit d'Ha ti EDH , 35 million in the form of a grant.

This is what the grant from the Inter-American Development Bank is expected to do: repair the electricity infrastructure affected by the 2010 earthquake, support the rehabilitation of the P ligre hydroelectric plant, support the use of solar energy. On the other side, this was supposed to deal with the problem of Cumberland as well.

Electricit d'Ha ti EDH is also expected to work on efforts to reduce technical and commercial losses by upgrading its equipment and increase billing and collection.

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Here is a famous statement made by Jimi Hendrix. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace"

Is this something that we all want to have? In that I want to say power. Do all human have a thirst for power? Then if we all do, is it a bad thing to want to have power?

Especially in Haiti, many would say that the thirst for power, a Achievement, recognition, runs in almost every one of us. Some actually believe that power is a real motivation in all of us, not necessarily money. The study actually reveals that some people have strong desire to control others.

It is an animal instinct or a learned behavior?

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The Haitian government has a structure of Checks and balances. However, in practice that has not been the case.

Following the exile of the Dictator Jean Claude Duvalier, a new Constitution was created. Beside promoting a Democratic system in Haiti, the new constitution wanted to established three branches of government with a system of Checks and Balances.

However, this proved hard to do. The Executive branch naturally became the branch with more power. It holds many tools that the other branches do not have at their disposition, including the power of nomination

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