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How many people remember this propaganda from Duvalier. La Nation Entiere L'Acclame, Francois Duvalier President a Vie de la Republique. This was the time when your opinion was made for you. Just before the overthrow of the Duvalier regime, these propaganda acquired a strong negative connotation by having the public seeing it as too manipulative.

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Here is a picture of Haitian politician Daniel Fignolé and his wife after a coup. They are in a process of being exiled. this picture shows that Daniel Fignolé and his wife are being followed by two Haitian military. They are in route for their exile

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Here is a picture taken during the interview that President Elect Michel martelly gave to Miami Herald.

Michel Martelly briefly addressed some of the more controversial subjects such as the Haitian military, the return of former presidents Jean-Claude Duvalier and Jean Bertrand Aristide, and the selection of the next Haiti Prime Minister.

On the question of the military, Michel Martelly does not think that it was necessary to eliminate the entire force.

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a Picture from the inauguration - This is the stage where Michel Martelly, the New President of Haiti addressed the public

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During her visit to Haiti in February, 2012, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff made some remarkable and effective decisions in regard to the refugee problems. The South America leader announces to release more than $ 500,000 to provide assistance and aid for 4,000 Haitians immigrants who are being granted permanent residency.

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Here is a picture of Joe Biden, the Vice-President of the Government of Barack Obama. He is the 47th Vice President of the United States Prior to becoming Vice-President, Joe Biden was a United State Senator from Delaware.

In April of 2010, In support to the Haitian community after the Haiti earthquake, Joe Biden visited the Haitian community in Little Haiti in Miami. Vice-President Joe Biden came to Little Haiti Cultural Center and met with several Haitian-American activists and elected officials. He greeted Rev. Reginald Jean-Mary, Farah Juste and many others.

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Here is a picture of Vice-President Joe Biden as he was accompanied with Rev. Reginald Jean Mary in Little Haiti in Miami.

Vice-President Biden came to Little Haiti in Miami in support of the Haitian people who were affected by the earthquake. He met with several elected officials in the room. Joe Biden gave a hug to Rev. Reginald Jean-Mary and many others.

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A picture of former U.S. President Bill Clinton with Haitian President Rene Preval
Former president Bill Clinton was appointed by the U.N. as co-czar of Haiti's post-earthquake reconstruction. Prior to that, he was the United Nation's Special envoy to Haiti

Critics of former President Bill Clinton blame him for the rapid decline in Haiti economic condition.

It is reported that after the 1991 coup that removed Former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide into power, Bill Clinton continued with the same policy of his George Bush which is a policy of jailing Haitian refugees in Guantanamo.

He is also accused for pressuring Aristide to adopt free market economic policy as a condition of restoring him into power in 1994. This policy actually drove the country into becoming the poorest in the western hemisphere.

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Here is a picture of Vice-President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama on the day following the January 12 Haiti earthquake. They reaffirm the commitment of the Obama administration to support the reconstruction of Haiti following the 2010 earthquake that devastated the country and took the lives of over 250,000 people

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