Unites States Haiti relationship

This section of Miami called Little Haiti neighborhood received its unofficial name in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This is following the large increase of the Haitian immigrants who came to the United States due to political crisis in their nation. Now an effort is being made to officially rename the area "Little Haiti" from the historic neighborhoods it largely absorbed over the years.

However there are resistances from many who want to keep the old name Lemon City. Marleine Bastien, executive director of Haitian Women of Miami and Gepsie Metellus, executive director of the Haitian community center Sant La are in support of that move

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The MLA Desdunes (riding the Artibonite Department, north of Haiti) is very critical vis-à-vis the U.S. ambassador accredited in Haiti. According to Levaillant Louis-Jeune, Pamela Ann White was elected as the spokesman of the Administration Martelly. "Pamela White serves as a sounding board of the National Palace," insists the parliamentarian.

A number of MPs declared that the former President of the Lower House was organizing to send a letter to President Barack Obama to notify him of the behaviours of its representatives in Haiti. The National Coordinator of INITE said that they give no weight to the recent statements made by the representative of the Republic Starry countries in which electoral competition may take place this year.

Recall that Pamela White had indicated in stride, that his country has a budget of ten million dollars for the organization of partial municipal and local Senate. These statements were held to mark the first anniversary of his taking office at the U.S. Embassy to a group of journalists.

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Here is a picture of American Ambassador Pamela Ann White with Haitian president Michel Martelly.

An American diplomat born 1948 in Lewiston, Maine. Prior to her position in Haiti, in November 2010, she was named the United States Ambassador to The Gambia by President Barack Obama. Pamela Ann White was the second Maine woman to serve as a United States ambassador, with the first being Margaret Joy Tibbetts. In January 2012, she was appointed United States Ambassador to Haiti. Other positions include the Peace Corps in Cameroon from 1971-1973. Prior to her appointment as ambassador, White worked for the United States Agency for International Development beginning in 1978. With USAID, White served in Burkina Faso, Senegal and Haiti, Egypt and South Africa. From 1999-2001, she was the deputy director for East Africa.

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Here is a picture of U.S. Ambassador Pamela Ann White handing some medicine to a child in Haiti. This is part of a campaign being conducted by usaid, distributing medicine to control the spread of lymphatic filariasis and intestinal worms.

The US Ambassador was on that day at the Charles LeBosse School in Cap HaÑ--tien.

Since 2008, community volunteers and NGOs visit a variety of schools in Haiti on an annual basis to distribute medicine and shoes to fight neglected tropical diseases

This falls under the country's efforts to stomp out these endemic diseases.

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Pamela Ann White, also known as Pamela L. White, is the second woman from Maine to serve as an Ambassador for the United States, having been preceded in the post by Margaret Joy Tibbets. Her first post was as Ambassador to Gambia, to which she was appointed in November of 2010 by President Barack Obama. This was followed by her being stationed closer to home in Haiti in January of 2012. She is 65 years old.

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Benoit Batraville was a Haitian army commander who was thought a puppet military leader the U.S. Marines could control. Because of his intellect and former ties to murdered insurgent leader Charlemagne Peralte, Congress appointed him commander thinking he would help them extend their territory during the U.S. Occupation.

But Batraville was secretly an insurgent leader and foiled the Marines attempt to occupy more of Haiti. They finally located Batraville on the Central Plateau and assassinated him in 1920.

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Senate Special Committee responsible to investigate whether or not there was a meeting between President Michel Martelly, Prime Minister Laurent Lamother, the Minister of Justice Jean Renel Sanon and late Judge Jean Serge Joseph concluded that there was in fact a meeting. Consequently, similarly to the case of Richard Nixon in the United States, the Haitian Senate committee has recommended that Michel Martelly, Laurent Lamothe and Jean-Renel Sanon be indicted for having lied to the nation and to the commission.

Is there a similarity with the Haitian Senate decision?

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Cheryl Mills has been a long-time loyal Clintonite. A Stanford Law School graduate, she became an aide for Bill Clinton's transition into the White House. During the Clinton impeachment proceedings, she served as his counsel.

When Hillary Clinton ran for president, Mills served as counsel to her also. In 2009, when Hillary became Secretary of State, Mills managed the State Department's directives on Haiti.

President Obama praised Mills as an outstanding public servant.

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Haiti, in 1915, was on the brink of failure. Several anarchist groups, called cacos, were fighting to gain control of the island. German immigrants had funded the cacos, and in desperation implored Germany to come and stabilize the situation.

President Wilson, alarmed anti-American Rosalvo Bobo might rule, ordered U.S. warships to occupy Haiti.

From 1915-1934 the U.S. ran Haiti with straw-man governments. Only when the Great Depression occurred did the U.S. leave. It could no longer afford the Occupation.

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This song that is still popular today in Haiti, Anjeliko, Anjeliko, ale kay manman ou, became famous during US Occupation of Haiti of 1915.

Haitians Resentment of 19-Year U.S. Occupation

Although Haiti won independence in 1804, by 1908 the island had collapsed under dire economic and political influences. Out of control military factions battled for power.

In 1915, the U.S. Occupation brought stability to Haiti. Initially Haitians accepted it, but grew resentful of America's absolute control in time.

When America's Great Depression hit, they could no longer afford the Occupation and left in 1934. A few American diplomats remained to protect U.S. investments

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