Haiti Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive turns in his resignation allowing new President Michel Martelly to choose his own government leader. Bellerive, who was appointed by former President René Préval 18 months ago , also serves as co-chair of the post-earthquake Interim Recovery Commission. He informed Préval of his decision early Friday. Meanwhile, President Michel Martelly [...]
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Haiti Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive resigns
Posted by Haiti News on May 15th, 2011
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Haiti Presidential Inauguration In Brief
Posted by Haiti News on May 15th, 2011
Former singer Michel Martelly was sworn in Saturday as Haiti’s new president, promising change in a country whose towering needs will soon test his ability to shift from political outsider to national leader. In a sign of the nation’s troubles, the electricity went out moments before the inauguration, prompting formally dressed dignitaries and guests — including [...]
Haiti New President, New Challenges: vows to “wake up” quake-hit Haiti
Posted by Haiti News on May 14th, 2011
Haiti’s pop star-turned-president, Michel Martelly, asked his people on Saturday to join him in rebuilding their poor, earthquake-ravaged nation and said he would work to provide jobs, health and education. “Hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, we’re going to change Haiti, rebuild this country to make it stronger,” he said “Haiti was sleeping and today [...]
Martelly promises “A New Haiti”
Posted by Haiti News on May 14th, 2011
Dans son premier message à la nation le président Michel Martelly a renouvelé ses promesses durant la campagne électorale. Il promet l’éducation gratuite et plus tard obligatoire pour tous les enfants. “This is a new Haiti, open for business now,” he told a cheering crowd in the capital Port-au-Prince. Dans un style clair et direct [...]
New Haitian President sworn in “Blackout”
Posted by Haiti News on May 14th, 2011
Dans une salle exigüe et sans microphone en raison d’une panne l’électricité le président Michel Martelly a prêté serment devant les parlementaires haïtiens conformément à la constitution. Eclairé uniquement par les projecteurs des cameras, le président de l’assemblée nationale, Roudolph Joazile a ensuite passé l’écharpe présidentielle à M. Martelly.
Michel Martelly sworn in as Haiti’s 56e president
Posted by Haiti News on May 14th, 2011
Singer Michel Martelly was on Saturday sworn in as president of Haiti in a ceremony attended by about 2,000 guests. The inauguration comes at the end of a long electoral process, which like nearly everything in Haiti was disrupted by the devastating earthquake that killed more than 220,000 people in January 2010. Martelly, 49, faces [...]
