Marc-Aurèle Garcia, the Minister of Culture and Communication, has learned with consternation, the challenging news of the the death of Willems Edouard, fell under the murderous bullets in the town of Pétion-ville Friday, July 8, 2016 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17973-haiti-flash-assassination-of-me-wilhelm-edouard.html

"We bow before the remains of this child of the country, this tireless collaborator, this friend, this father, this lover of Haitian culture, this defender of copyright.

Willems was an open man, respectable, hardworking bringing our culture both in hid spirit than in his soul [...]

Willems Edouard is the author of the poetry collection, 'Plaies intérimaires', published in 2005 to Mémoire d'Encrier.

The Minister of Culture and all ministry staff present their condolences to his family, his closecollaborators and wish that justice may rage against those who committed this odious act."

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