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Here is a picture of the guy who was accused for the Domestic violence case. Ronald (Roro) Nelson, an active member of the Haitian community of Boston was accused of assault and battery on his ex-girlfriend Marie Astrid Pantal Walsh at BMC Dorchester court in Boston on November 14, 2011.

According to declaration made by the victim, Roro Nelson beat her.

Roro Nelson was found guilty in the Dorchester Civil Court in Boston, Massachusetts by a jury of 12 and his conviction carried a one year probation.

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Isaie Jeanty Women's Hospital is located in the slum of Cite Soleil. It is a maternity hospital not equipped to handle the women it admits due to a bed shortage. The hospital doesn't even have a kitchen.

Non-profit Outside the Bowl made a deal with the Haitian government to build a Super Kitchen. The government will provide the property gratis and OTB will feed hospital staff and patients as well as provide to other food programs in Cite Soleil.

Boulevard Jean-Jacques Dessalines - Port-au-Prince, Haiti
509-222-2757

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Here is a picture of Yolette Mengual as she returned to the CEP.

Yolette Mengual Re-Elected to Provisional Electoral Council

Despite internal warfare between two women's groups, Fanm yo la and Solidarite fanm Ayisyen, a female representative has been elected to serve on the Provisional Electoral Council CEP).

Six candidates vied for a seat on the CEP, and Yvette Mengual became the victor with 55 votes. Marie Guillaume, in second place, garnered 44 votes and will be the alternate.

Mengual has formerly served as a Judiciary Superior Council representative as well as on the CEP.

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The story of President Florvil Hyppolite and his extra marital affair with Victoire Jean-Baptiste, better known by the nickname "La Belle Victory"

Haitian President during the late 1880's and the early 1890's Florvil Hyppolite had a long-standing, very public affair outside of his marriage with Victoire Jean-Baptiste. Long before Bill and Monica, the relationship between the President and the beautiful peasant woman, who worked for First Lady Gelyne Hyppolite, sensationalized the nation, not only for the aforementioned facts, but also because Jean-Baptiste became more prominent in her role as faux-first-lady upon the death of Hyppolite's wife, and because of her supposed affairs with his Minister of War and even his son.

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Here is a picture of the Empress Consort of Haiti, Adélina Soulouque, wife of Faustin I of Haiti

Adelina Soulouque, Empress of Haiti, was crowned in Port-au-Prince beside her husband Faustin I, given the royal name Her Imperial Majesty.

She was born to bi-racial Haitian mother, Marie Leveque. Adelina was Faustin I's lover for years before she married him, giving him a daughter, Princess Celita.

Faustin was overthrown by General Geffrard in 1859. Adelina went into exile with him in Kingston, Jamaica for eight years before he died back in Petit-Goâve.

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Here is a picture of Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe with an elderly Haitian Woman.

Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe Resigns under Mounting Political Pressure

Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, under pressure from the government, civil society, and the international community, declared he was resigning from office on TV in the wee hours of Sunday morning. In his remarks he said he was leaving office ". . . with a feeling of accomplishment" That Saturday, President Michel Martelly, who had welcomed the suggestions of the Consultative Commission (CC), asked for Lamothe's resignation in order to break the gridlock of delayed general elections. Overdue by three-and-half years, it has caused wide-spread violent demonstrations in the capital and elsewhere in the country.

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Michele Pierre-Louis was Haiti's second female Prime Minister. The first Haitian Female Prime Minister was Claudette Werleigh.

Michele Pierre-Louis was Prime Minister of Haiti from September 2008 to November 2009. She was Haiti's second female Prime Minister, after Claudette Werleigh, who served from 1995 to 1996.

Prime Minister nominee Michele Pierre-Louis was rumored to be a lesbian. She was allowed to hold the post of Prime Minister, after reading a public statement declaring the rumors to be false and an insult to her good character.

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Here is a picture of a new modern birth center for women in Haiti. Maison de Naissance or Maternal Health Center in Torbeck.

With a name that means "Home of Birth" the Torbeck maternal health center, Maison de Naissance, needs to be a place of comfort, peace and efficiency. The beautiful, modern health facility seems to be all that, servicing the poor in the vicinity and welcoming hundreds of babies into the world. Since 2004, they have done over 132,000 consults and hosted the birth of nearly 5,000 babies. This year, the center celebrates its 10th anniversary.

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The school is currently located at Rue 21 A and was originally named " College Monseigneur Cousineau" but changed its name later to College Regina Assumpta. It offers a comprehensive education to the local women population, based on academics, as well as physical wellness. A progressive school, run by catholic nuns, College College Regina Assumpta does accept students with different religious affiliations and does not impose any religious demands on its non catholic students.

With some of the most competent teachers in the region, College College Regina Assumpta provides well rounded curriculum. It also offers a variety of extra curricular, cultural, and athletic and activities

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Here is a picture of the U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden greeting Haitian activist Marleine Bastien during his visit to Little Haiti following the earthquake.

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. He greeted the Haitian Activist Marleine Bastien and many others

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